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Table 22. Number and percentage distribution of traditional private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by religious or nonsectarian orientation of school: United States, 2017–18

  Schools   Students   FTE teachers  
Religious or nonsectarian orientation Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number   Percent  
Total 28,141   100.0   4,839,143   100.0   470,807   100.0  
                         
Religious orientation 20,373   72.4   3,802,181   78.6   332,976   70.7  
Roman Catholic 6,948   24.7   1,959,425   40.5   152,576   32.4  
African Methodist Episcopal 221   0.8   46,839   1.0   4,226   0.9  
Amish 1,474   5.2   45,277   0.9   2,561   0.5  
Assembly of God 292   1.0   39,926   0.8   3,801   0.8  
Baptist 1,569   5.6   170,407   3.5   18,131   3.9  
                         
Brethren 47   0.2   3,581   0.1   415   0.1  
Calvinist 91   0.3   19,428   0.4   1,561   0.3  
Christian (unspecified) 4,209   15.0   689,260   14.2   65,267   13.9  
Church of Christ ‡   0.6 ! 22,361   0.5   2,061   0.4  
Church of God 81   0.3   7,981   0.2   698   0.1  
                         
Church of God in Christ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Church of the Nazarene 51   0.2   5,033   0.1   519   0.1  
Disciples of Christ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Episcopal 303   1.1   105,772   2.2   12,936   2.7  
Friends 70   0.2   18,170   0.4   2,516   0.5  
                         
Greek Orthodox 22   0.1   2,890   0.1   338   0.1  
Islamic 244   0.9   39,226   0.8   4,608   1.0  
Jewish 922   3.3   284,141   5.9   29,322   6.2  
Latter Day Saints ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod 868   3.1   111,139   2.3   9,075   1.9  
                         
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America 58   0.2   8,567   0.2   896   0.2  
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 385   1.4   29,586   0.6   2,525   0.5  
Other Lutheran 44   0.2   3,979   0.1   424   0.1  
Mennonite 767   2.7   45,348 ! 0.9 ! 4,388   0.9  
Methodist 172   0.6   18,283 ! 0.4 ! 1,427   0.3  
                         
Pentecostal 275   1.0   15,450   0.3   1,634   0.3  
Presbyterian 109   0.4   25,655   0.5   2,599   0.6  
Seventh-Day Adventist 710   2.5   48,606   1.0   4,169   0.9  
Other 245   0.9   33,277   0.7   4,054   0.9  
                         
Nonsectarian 7,768   27.6   1,036,962   21.4   137,831   29.3  
! 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 were fewer than 15 sample cases or the coefficient of variation is 50 percent or greater.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases. Traditional schools in the Private School Universe Survey are schools that provide instruction for one or more of grades one through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2017–18.

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