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Table 23. Number and percentage distribution of kindergarten-terminal PSS private schools, and their students and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by religious or nonsectarian orientation of school: United States, 2017–18

  Schools   Kindergarten students   FTE kindergarten teachers  
Religious or nonsectarian orientation Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number   Percent  
Total 4,320   100.0   59,010   100.0   11,517   100.0  
                         
Religious orientation 1,175   27.2   17,269   29.3   2,787   24.2  
Roman Catholic 99   2.3   2,248   3.8   325   2.8  
African Methodist Episcopal ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Amish ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Assembly of God 40 ! 0.9 ! 409   0.7   92   0.8  
Baptist 158   3.7   2,505   4.2   343   3.0  
                         
Brethren ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Calvinist ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Christian (unspecified) 337   7.8   4,127   7.0   795   6.9  
Church of Christ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Church of God ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
                         
Church of God in Christ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Church of the Nazarene ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Disciples of Christ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Episcopal 49   1.1   772   1.3   144   1.2  
Friends ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
                         
Greek Orthodox ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Islamic ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Jewish 45   1.0   616   1.0   133   1.2  
Latter Day Saints ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod 61   1.4   786   1.3   93   0.8  
                         
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America 51   1.2   859   1.5   75   0.7  
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Other Lutheran ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Mennonite ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Methodist 126   2.9   1,847   3.1   274   2.4  
                         
Pentecostal ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Presbyterian 87   2.0   1,254   2.1   235   2.0  
Seventh-Day Adventist ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Other 33 ! 0.8 ! ‡   ‡   94 ! 0.8 !
                         
Nonsectarian 3,145   72.8   41,742   70.7   8,730   75.8  
! 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. 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), 2017–18.

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