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Table 24. Number and percentage of private schools that had library media centers 2015–16

Selected characteristic Total number of schools   Total number of schools that reported having a library media center   Percent of schools that reported having a library media center
Total 34,576   24,584   71.1
           
Private school typology          
Catholic 7,008   6,368   90.9
Parochial 2,734   2,482   90.8
Diocesan 3,129   2,892   92.4
Private 1,145   994   86.8
           
Other religious 16,264   11,557   71.1
Conservative Christian 4,154   3,339   80.4
Other affiliated 3,156   2,637   83.5
Unaffiliated 8,954   5,581   62.3
           
Nonsectarian 11,304   6,660   58.9
Regular 5,287   3,247   61.4
Special emphasis 4,408   2,386   54.1
Special education 1,610   1,027   63.8
           
School Level          
Elementary 21,907   14,895   68.0
Secondary 2,946   2,278   77.3
Combined 9,723   7,411   76.2
           
Program emphasis          
Regular elementary/secondary 23,524   18,530   78.8
Montessori 3,449   1,729   50.1
Special program emphasis 1,017   650   63.9
Special education 1,857   1,200   64.6
Vocational/technical 18   12   65.7
Alternative 1,147   701   61.1
Early childhood 3,563   1,762   49.5
           
Size (number of students)          
Less than 50 15,993   8,905   55.7
50–149 8,293   6,309   76.1
150–299 5,692   5,005   87.9
300–499 2,514   2,349   93.4
500–749 1,288   1,245   96.6
750 or more 796   771   96.8
           
Region          
Northeast 7,771   5,108   65.7
Midwest 8,985   6,641   73.9
South 11,328   8,588   75.8
West 6,491   4,246   65.4
           
Urbanicity type          
City 11,476   8,506   74.1
Suburban 12,662   8,953   70.7
Town 2,900   2,369   81.7
Rural 7,539   4,756   63.1
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells where reporting standards were not met. 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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