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Table 20. Number and percentage distribution of PSS kindergarten-terminal private schools, and their kindergarten students and full-time equivalent (FTE) kindergarten teachers, by selected school characteristics: United States, 2017–18

  Schools   Kindergarten students   FTE kindergarten teachers  
Selected school characteristics Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number   Percent  
Total 4,320   100.0   59,010   100.0   11,517   100.0  
                         
Private school typology                        
Catholic 99   2.3   2,248   3.8   325   2.8  
Parochial 22   0.5   514   0.9   57   0.5  
Diocesan 38   0.9   1,138   1.9   157   1.4  
Private 38   0.9   596   1.0   111   1.0  
                         
Other religious 1,077   24.9   15,020   25.5   2,463   21.4  
Conservative Christian 88   2.0   1,787   3.0   286   2.5  
Other affiliated 125   2.9   1,994   3.4   313   2.7  
Unaffiliated 864   20.0   11,240   19.0   1,863   16.2  
                         
Nonsectarian 3,145   72.8   41,742   70.7   8,730   75.8  
Regular 1,216   28.1   20,793   35.2   2,891   25.1  
Special emphasis 1,921   44.5   20,895   35.4   5,785   50.2  
Special education‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                         
School level                        
Elementary 4,320   100.0   59,010   100.0   11,517   100.0  
Secondary†  †  †  †  †  †  
Combined†  †  †  †  †  †  
                         
Program emphasis                        
Regular elementary/secondary 0   0.0   0   0.0   0   0.0  
Montessori 1,300   30.1   11,807   20.0   4,362   37.9  
Special program emphasis 21   0.5   250   0.4   64   0.6  
Special education‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
Vocational/technical 0   0.0   0   0.0   0   0.0  
Alternative 1,120   25.9   16,684   28.3   2,632   22.9  
Early childhood 1,870   43.3   30,206   51.2   4,404   38.2  
                         
Size (number of students)                        
Less than 50 4,266   98.7   50,124   84.9   10,657   92.5  
50–149 46   1.1   3,219   5.5   333   2.9  
150–299‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
300–499‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
500–749 0   0.0   0   0.0   0   0.0  
750 or more‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  ‡  
                         
Region                        
Northeast 1,033   23.9   12,909   21.9   2,615   22.7  
Midwest 762   17.6   8,485   14.4   2,121   18.4  
South 1,394   32.3   22,796   38.6   3,515   30.5  
West 1,132   26.2   14,820   25.1   3,266   28.4  
                         
Urbanicity type                        
City 1,370   31.7   19,551   33.1   3,831   33.3  
Suburban 2,429   56.2   34,198   58.0   6,201   53.8  
Town 195   4.5   1,928   3.3   562   4.9  
Rural 326 ! 7.6   3,334   5.6   924 ! 8.0 !
† 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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