Private School Universe Survey (PSS)



Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2020–21 high school graduates, by state: United States, school year 2021–22
                 
State Schools   Students   FTE teachers   High school
graduates
2020-21
 
United States 29,727   4,731,303   482,571   331,584  
                 
Alabama 367   63,192   6,171   4,792  
Alaska 38   4,468   456    
Arizona 408   66,948   6,163   4,273  
Arkansas 149   23,334   2,395   1,484  
California 3,145   543,276   51,903   39,708  
                 
Colorado 382   52,073   5,781   4,950  
Connecticut 322   54,587   7,320   6,244  
Delaware 112   19,852   1,767   1,309  
District of Columbia 79   19,108   2,369   1,840  
Florida 2,641   422,173   39,314   28,080  
                 
Georgia 830   151,511   17,015   11,877  
Hawaii 136   36,469   3,225   3,034  
Idaho 158   19,077   1,694   958  
Illinois 1,233   185,924   17,738   12,498  
Indiana 817   112,392   9,531   6,133  
                 
Iowa 225   48,415   4,411   2,983  
Kansas 224   40,568   3,833   2,789  
Kentucky 484   64,470   6,269   4,038  
Louisana 361   102,439   9,314   7,683  
Maine 130   17,016   2,200   2,677  
                 
Maryland 681   125,065   14,341   10,200  
Massachusetts 661   102,631   15,143   9,567  
Michigan 701   116,868   10,357   8,034  
Minnesota 513   76,625   6,989   4,066  
Mississippi 255   43,338   4,097   3,419  
                 
Missouri 629   95,828   9,426   6,705  
Montana 134   10,145   995   424  
Nebraska 207   36,820   3,091   2,345  
Nevada 133   24,396   1,885   1,356  
New Hampshire 189   20,884   2,496   2,922  
                 
New Jersey 1,052   179,809   19,932   12,808  
New Mexico 164   22,156   2,422   1,609  
New York 1,632   355,314   40,289   28,206  
North Carolina 703   127,733   13,495   7,999  
North Dakota 53   11,563   986   600  
                 
Ohio 1,355   198,751   17,437   12,362  
Oklahoma 189   34,496   3,756   2,181  
Oregon 346   43,265   3,975   2,481  
Pennsylvania 2,156   220,604   22,404   15,786  
Rhode Island 107   17,016   2,096   1,687  
                 
South Carolina 390   59,642   6,578   3,552  
South Dakota 85   13,977   1,260   727  
Tennessee 540   101,900   10,293   8,181  
Texas 1,714   257,559   29,448   16,900  
Utah 156   15,769   1,760   1,055  
                 
Vermont 121   8,407   1,305   881  
Virginia 946   118,442   14,535   7,291  
Washington 635   97,059   9,657   4,341  
West Virginia 121   11,741   1,333   663  
Wisconsin 886   134,527   11,658   5,612  
Wyoming 33   1,681   260    
‡ Reporting standards not met. There are too few cases for a reliable analysis.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of missing values in cells with too few sample cases. These estimates include private schools which provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels). Any prekindergarten students enrolled in these schools are excluded from the table.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2021–22.