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Table 20. Number and percentage distribution of kindergarten-terminal private schools and, kindergarten students and full-time equivalent (FTE) kindergarten teachers in kindergarden-terminal private schools, by selected characteristics: United States, 2015–16

  Schools Kindergarten students   FTE kindergarten teachers  
Selected characteristic Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number   Percent  
Total 5,147   100.0   63,789   100.0   13,807   100.0  
                         
Private school typology                        
Catholic 77   1.5   1,375   2.2   229   1.7  
Parochial ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Diocesan 29   0.6   447   0.7   104   0.8  
Private 37   0.7   596   0.9   100   0.7  
                         
Other religious 1,301   25.3   19,366   30.4   3,184   23.1  
Conservative Christian 101   2.0   1,816   2.8   283   2.1  
Other affiliated 182   3.5   2,668   4.2   422   3.1  
Unaffiliated 1,017   19.8   14,882   23.3   2,478   18.0  
                         
Nonsectarian 3,769   73.2   43,048   67.5   10,395   75.3  
Regular 2,117   41.1   27,646   43.3   5,192   37.6  
Special emphasis 1,641   31.9   15,253   23.9   5,134   37.2  
Special education ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
                         
School level                        
Elementary 5,147   100.0   63,789   100.0   13,807   100.0  
Secondary †   †   †   †   †   †  
Combined †   †   †   †   †   †  
                         
Program emphasis                        
Regular elementary/secondary 0   0.0   0   0.0   0   0.0  
Montessori 1,686   32.7   15,738   24.7   5,268   38.2  
Special program emphasis ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Special education ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Vocational/technical 0   0.0   0   0.0   0   0.0  
Alternative 24   0.5   352   0.6   146   1.1  
Early childhood 3,405   66.2   47,323   74.2   8,267   59.9  
                         
Size (number of students)                        
Less than 50 5,084   98.8   59,691   93.6   13,422   97.2  
50–149 62   1.2   3,866   6.1   281   2.0  
150–299 ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
300–499 0   0.0   0   0.0   0   0.0  
500–749 0   0.0   0   0.0   0   0.0  
750 or more 0   0.0   0   0.0   0   0.0  
                         
Region                        
Northeast 1,377   26.8   17,136   26.9   3,541   25.6  
Midwest 805   15.6   9,615   15.1   2,593   18.8  
South 1,585   30.8   20,207   31.7   4,335   31.4  
West 1,380   26.8   16,832   26.4   3,338   24.2  
                         
Urbanicity type                        
City 1,801   35.0   23,775   37.3   5,017   36.3  
Suburban 2,952   57.4   35,980   56.4   7,990   57.9  
Town 181   3.5   1,698   2.7   374   2.7  
Rural 214   4.2   2,336   3.7   426   3.1  
† Not applicable.
‡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. Kindergarten-terminal are schools in which the highest grade is kindergarten.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2015–16.

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