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| Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by community type and selected characteristics: United States, 2003–04 |
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| Selected characteristic | Total | Central city | Urban fringe/ large town |
Rural/small town | |||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||
| Total | 28,384 | 100.0 | 9,591 | 100.0 | 11,818 | 100.0 | 6,975 | 100.0 | |||
| NCES typology | |||||||||||
| Catholic | 7,919 | 27.9 | 3,334 | 34.8 | 3,463 | 29.3 | 1,122 | 16.1 | |||
| Parochial | 4,074 | 14.4 | 1,636 | 17.1 | 1,856 | 15.7 | 582 | 8.3 | |||
| Diocesan | 2,947 | 10.4 | 1,254 | 13.1 | 1,244 | 10.5 | 449 | 6.4 | |||
| Private | 897 | 3.2 | 444 | 4.6 | 363 | 3.1 | 91 | 1.3 | |||
| Other religious | 13,659 | 48.1 | 3,766 | 39.3 | 5,307 | 44.9 | 4,586 | 65.7 | |||
| Conservative Christian | 5,060 | 17.8 | 1,269 | 13.2 | 2,219 | 18.8 | 1,572 | 22.5 | |||
| Affiliated | 3,398 | 12.0 | 1,173 | 12.2 | 1,313 | 11.1 | 913 | 13.1 | |||
| Unaffiliated | 5,201 | 18.3 | 1,324 | 13.8 | 1,776 | 15.0 | 2,101 | 30.1 | |||
| Nonsectarian | 6,806 | 24.0 | 2,492 | 26.0 | 3,048 | 25.8 | 1,267 | 18.2 | |||
| Regular | 2,963 | 10.4 | 1,115 | 11.6 | 1,214 | 10.3 | 635 | 9.1 | |||
| Special emphasis | 2,392 | 8.4 | 842 | 8.8 | 1,112 | 9.4 | 438 | 6.3 | |||
| Special education | 1,451 | 5.1 | 535 | 5.6 | 723 | 6.1 | 194 | 2.8 | |||
| School level | |||||||||||
| Elementary | 17,197 | 60.6 | 6,161 | 64.2 | 7,270 | 61.5 | 3,766 | 54.0 | |||
| Secondary | 2,694 | 9.5 | 1,132 | 11.8 | 1,048 | 8.9 | 514 | 7.4 | |||
| Combined | 8,494 | 29.9 | 2,299 | 24.0 | 3,500 | 29.6 | 2,695 | 38.6 | |||
| Program emphasis | |||||||||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | |||||||||||
| 22,896 | 80.7 | 7,683 | 80.1 | 9,264 | 78.4 | 5,949 | 85.3 | ||||
| Montessori | 1,318 | 4.6 | 445 | 4.6 | 699 | 5.9 | 175 | 2.5 | |||
| Special program emphasis | 961 | 3.4 | 366 | 3.8 | 427 | 3.6 | 168 | 2.4 | |||
| Special education | 1,634 | 5.8 | 599 | 6.2 | 813 | 6.9 | 221 | 3.2 | |||
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||
| Alternative | 1,454 | 5.1 | 458 | 4.8 | 543 | 4.6 | 453 | 6.5 | |||
| Early childhood | 116 | 0.4 | 38 | 0.4 | 69 | 0.6 | ‡ | ‡ | |||
| Size (number of students) | |||||||||||
| Less than 50 | 8,741 | 30.8 | 2,042 | 21.3 | 3,143 | 26.6 | 3,556 | 51.0 | |||
| 50–149 | 8,206 | 28.9 | 2,658 | 27.7 | 3,422 | 29.0 | 2,127 | 30.5 | |||
| 150–299 | 6,324 | 22.3 | 2,584 | 26.9 | 2,848 | 24.1 | 892 | 12.8 | |||
| 300–499 | 3,000 | 10.6 | 1,288 | 13.4 | 1,425 | 12.1 | 287 | 4.1 | |||
| 500–749 | 1,298 | 4.6 | 574 | 6.0 | 647 | 5.5 | 77 | 1.1 | |||
| 750 or more | 816 | 2.9 | 445 | 4.6 | 333 | 2.8 | 37 | 0.5 | |||
| Region | |||||||||||
| Northeast | 6,558 | 23.1 | 2,017 | 21.0 | 3,171 | 26.8 | 1,370 | 19.6 | |||
| Midwest | 7,226 | 25.5 | 2,091 | 21.8 | 2,716 | 23.0 | 2,420 | 34.7 | |||
| South | 8,820 | 31.1 | 2,958 | 30.8 | 3,579 | 30.3 | 2,283 | 32.7 | |||
| West | 5,780 | 20.4 | 2,526 | 26.3 | 2,352 | 19.9 | 902 | 12.9 | |||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | |||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2003–2004. | |||||||||||
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