Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by grade level and NCES typology: United States, 2003

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Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by grade level and NCES typology: United States, 2003–04

	Grade
	Kindergarten¹		First		Second		Third		Fourth
NCES typology	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	465,311	100.0	439,510	100.0	423,163	100.0	414,447	100.0	403,168	100.0

Catholic	191,044	41.1	195,426	44.5	195,704	46.2	196,291	47.4	193,360	48.0
Parochial	113,985	24.5	117,198	26.7	117,708	27.8	118,067	28.5	115,914	28.8
Diocesan	68,230	14.7	69,532	15.8	69,520	16.4	69,800	16.8	69,081	17.1
Private	8,829	1.9	8,696	2.0	8,475	2.0	8,424	2.0	8,366	2.1

Other religious	188,026	40.4	175,025	39.8	166,501	39.3	159,500	38.5	153,251	38.0
Conservative Christian	81,716	17.6	74,199	16.9	70,049	16.6	68,022	16.4	64,295	15.9
Affiliated	52,823	11.4	49,389	11.2	48,029	11.3	46,109	11.1	45,656	11.3
Unaffiliated	53,488	11.5	51,437	11.7	48,423	11.4	45,369	10.9	43,300	10.7

Nonsectarian	86,240	18.5	69,059	15.7	60,958	14.4	58,657	14.2	56,556	14.0
Regular	52,090	11.2	46,138	10.5	41,430	9.8	40,127	9.7	38,894	9.6
Special emphasis	32,624	7.0	21,366	4.9	17,500	4.1	15,930	3.8	14,340	3.6
Special education	1,526	0.3	1,556	0.4	2,027	0.5	2,599	0.6	3,322	0.8

	Grade
	Fifth		Sixth		Seventh		Eighth		Ninth
NCES typology	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	398,564	100.0	401,554	100.0	394,713	100.0	390,502	100.0	351,493	100.0

Catholic	191,574	48.1	192,759	48.0	186,488	47.2	184,622	47.3	170,129	48.4
Parochial	114,551	28.7	113,289	28.2	107,013	27.1	104,002	26.6	20,042	5.7
Diocesan	68,354	17.2	68,294	17.0	66,008	16.7	66,196	17.0	78,040	22.2
Private	8,669	2.2	11,175	2.8	13,467	3.4	14,425	3.7	72,047	20.5

Other religious	150,561	37.8	149,127	37.1	145,610	36.9	141,554	36.2	108,205	30.8
Conservative Christian	63,358	15.9	62,178	15.5	60,683	15.4	58,534	15.0	47,105	13.4
Affiliated	45,245	11.4	44,188	11.0	44,474	11.3	43,819	11.2	34,841	9.9
Unaffiliated	41,957	10.5	42,761	10.6	40,453	10.2	39,200	10.0	26,259	7.5

Nonsectarian	56,430	14.2	59,669	14.9	62,616	15.9	64,326	16.5	73,159	20.8
Regular	39,073	9.8	42,413	10.6	44,667	11.3	45,317	11.6	53,005	15.1
Special emphasis	13,129	3.3	12,152	3.0	11,275	2.9	11,581	3.0	11,361	3.2
Special education	4,227	1.1	5,104	1.3	6,674	1.7	7,428	1.9	8,792	2.5

	Grade
	Tenth		Eleventh		Twelfth		Ungraded
NCES typology	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number		Percent
Total	334,163	100.0	317,297	100.0	303,676	100.0	85,211		100.0

Catholic	161,168	48.2	153,666	48.4	148,399	48.9	4,591		5.4
Parochial	18,987	5.7	18,241	5.7	17,652	5.8	769		0.9
Diocesan	74,341	22.2	71,097	22.4	68,593	22.6	1,497		1.8
Private	67,840	20.3	64,329	20.3	62,154	20.5	2,324		2.7

Other religious	100,137	30.0	94,411	29.8	88,921	29.3	14,729		17.3
Conservative Christian	43,158	12.9	39,717	12.5	36,909	12.2	3,923		4.6
Affiliated	33,213	9.9	32,492	10.2	30,559	10.1	2,469		2.9
Unaffiliated	23,766	7.1	22,203	7.0	21,454	7.1	8,337	!	9.8	!

Nonsectarian	72,858	21.8	69,220	21.8	66,355	21.9	65,892		77.3
Regular	53,079	15.9	51,241	16.1	49,949	16.4	6,018		7.1
Special emphasis	11,577	3.5	11,074	3.5	10,527	3.5	19,550		22.9
Special education	8,203	2.5	6,906	2.2	5,880	1.9	40,323		47.3

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is larger than 25 percent. The standard error for this estimate is presented in the corresponding table in appendix C.

¹ The count for kindergarten students also includes transitional kindergarten and transitional first grade students.

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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