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Table 18. Number and percentage distribution of private school full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017–18

  School level
  Total   Elementary   Secondary   Combined
Selected school characteristics Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number   Percent  
Total 482,325  100.0  200,121  100.0  73,686  100.0  208,518  100.0 
                                 
Private school typology                                
Catholic 152,901   31.7   88,587   44.3   45,780   62.1   18,533   8.9  
Parochial 43,337   9.0   36,071   18.0   3,027   4.1   4,238   2.0  
Diocesan 73,477   15.2   45,039   22.5   24,091   32.7   4,347   2.1  
Private 36,087   7.5   7,477   3.7   18,662   25.3   9,948   4.8  
                                 
Other religious 182,863   37.9   60,836   30.4   12,915   17.5   109,112   52.3  
Conservative Christian 57,053   11.8   10,993   5.5   1,452   2.0   44,608   21.4  
Other affiliated 57,418   11.9   21,146   10.6   6,148   8.3   30,124   14.4  
Unaffiliated 68,391   14.2   28,696   14.3   5,315   7.2   34,380   16.5  
                                 
Nonsectarian 146,561   30.4   50,698   25.3   14,990   20.3   80,873   38.8  
Regular 86,947   18.0   24,738   12.4   10,434   14.2   51,775   24.8  
Special emphasis 38,690   8.0   23,261   11.6   2,742   3.7   12,687   6.1  
Special education 20,924   4.3   2,699   1.3   1,815   2.5   16,410   7.9  
                                 
Program emphasis                                
Regular elementary/secondary 402,661   83.5   163,996   81.9   67,101   91.1   171,565   82.3  
Montessori 19,411   4.0   16,085   8.0  ‡  ‡   3,205 ! 1.5 !
Special program emphasis 19,586   4.1   6,846   3.4   2,511   3.4   10,229   4.9  
Special education 22,723   4.7   3,122   1.6   1,920   2.6   17,681   8.5  
Vocational/technical 295   0.1  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Alternative 12,638   2.6   5,337   2.7   1,903   2.6   5,398   2.6  
Early childhood 5,011   1.0   4,717   2.4  †  †   294 ! 0.1 !
                                 
Size (number of students)                                
Less than 50 50,317   10.4   30,025   15.0   4,253   5.8   16,039   7.7  
50–149 91,223   18.9   49,211   24.6   8,299   11.3   33,714   16.2  
150–299 111,103   23.0   61,994   31.0   9,516   12.9   39,593   19.0  
300–499 87,524   18.1   41,846   20.9   13,689   18.6   31,989   15.3  
500–749 62,199   12.9   11,344   5.7   16,927   23.0   33,928   16.3  
750 or more 79,958   16.6   5,701   2.8   21,001   28.5   53,255   25.5  
                                 
Region                                
Northeast 116,611   24.2   43,140   21.6   23,974   32.5   49,497   23.7  
Midwest 103,303   21.4   56,526   28.2   17,990   24.4   28,786   13.8  
South 175,268   36.3   59,984   30.0   18,345   24.9   96,940   46.5  
West 87,143   18.1   40,472   20.2   13,376   18.2   33,295   16.0  
                                 
Urbanicity type                                
City 206,881   42.9   85,145   42.5   32,949   44.7   88,787   42.6  
Suburban 185,396   38.4   83,125   41.5   28,423   38.6   73,848   35.4  
Town 31,405   6.5   14,435   7.2   3,734 ! 5.1 ! 13,236   6.3  
Rural 58,642   12.2   17,416   8.7   8,579   11.6   32,647   15.7  
† Not applicable.
! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent (i.e., the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. There are fewer than 15 sample cases.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases. These estimates include private schools that provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels). A school is classified as elementary if it has one or more of grades K–6 and does not have any grade higher than grade 8. A school is classified as secondary if it has one or more of grades 7–12 and does not have any grade lower than grade 7. A school is classified as combined if it has one or more of grades K–6 and one or more of grades 9–12. Schools in which all students are ungraded (i.e., not classified by standard grade levels) are also classified as combined.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2017–18.

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