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Table 19. Average length of school year and average length of school day, by selected characteristics: United States, 2015–16
| Selected characteristic | Average length of school year in days | Average length of school day in hours | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | 180.9 | 6.8 | ||
| Private school typology | ||||
| Catholic | 179.4 | 6.9 | ||
| Parochial | 179.8 | 6.9 | ||
| Diocesan | 179.2 | 6.9 | ||
| Private | 179.0 | 7.0 | ||
| Other religious | 177.0 | 6.8 | ||
| Conservative Christian | 177.5 | 6.8 | ||
| Other affiliated | 177.6 | 7.1 | ||
| Unaffiliated | 176.6 | 6.7 | ||
| Nonsectarian | 187.3 | 6.6 | ||
| Regular | 186.4 | 6.8 | ||
| Special emphasis | 186.7 | 6.6 | ||
| Special education | 191.7 | 6.3 | ||
| School Level | ||||
| Elementary | 181.1 | 6.7 | ||
| Secondary | 183.4 | 6.9 | ||
| Combined | 179.5 | 6.9 | ||
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 177.5 | 6.9 | ||
| Montessori | 187.6 | 6.6 | ||
| Special program emphasis | 178.4 | 7.1 | ||
| Special education | 190.9 | 6.4 | ||
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ||
| Alternative | 183.7 | 6.6 | ||
| Early childhood | 190.7 | 6.2 | ||
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 183.1 | 6.6 | ||
| 50–149 | 179.5 | 6.9 | ||
| 150–299 | 178.8 | 7.0 | ||
| 300–499 | 178.3 | 7.0 | ||
| 500–749 | 177.2 | 7.0 | ||
| 750 or more | 177.4 | 7.1 | ||
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 183.1 | 6.7 | ||
| Midwest | 177.0 | 6.8 | ||
| South | 180.8 | 6.9 | ||
| West | 183.6 | 6.7 | ||
| Urbanicity type | ||||
| City | 182.1 | 6.8 | ||
| Suburban | 183.1 | 6.7 | ||
| Town | 177.8 | 6.8 | ||
| Rural | 176.4 | 6.7 | ||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. There are fewer than 15 sample cases. | ||||
| NOTE: These estimates include private schools that provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels). | ||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2015–16. | ||||
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