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| Table 3. Percentage distribution of private schools, by program emphasis and selected characteristics: United States, 2005–06 |
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| Selected characteristic | Regular elementary/ secondary | Montessori | Special program emphasis | Special education | Vocational/ technical programs | Alternative | Early childhood | ||||||
| Total | 80.6 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 6.0 | ‡ | 3.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
| NCES typology | |||||||||||||
| Catholic | 97.1 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | ‡ | ‡ | 0.0 | ||||||
| Parochial | 99.0 | ‡ | 0.8 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 0.0 | ||||||
| Diocesan | 97.6 | ‡ | 1.1 | 0.9 | ‡ | ‡ | 0.0 | ||||||
| Private | 88.5 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | ‡ | ‡ | 0.0 | ||||||
| Other religious | 92.1 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 1.1 | ‡ | 2.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Conservative Christian | 93.4 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.4 | ‡ | 2.8 | ‡ | ||||||
| Affiliated | 92.6 | 0.6 | 4.5 | 1.0 | ‡ | 1.2 | ‡ | ||||||
| Unaffiliated | 90.4 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 1.8 | ‡ | 2.9 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Nonsectarian | 38.3 | 19.3 | 9.2 | 22.0 | ‡ | 9.3 | 1.7 | ||||||
| Regular | 95.6 | † | † | † | † | † | 4.4 | ||||||
| Special emphasis | † | 50.8 | 24.2 | † | ‡ | 24.5 | † | ||||||
| Special education | † | † | † | 100.0 | † | † | † | ||||||
| School level | |||||||||||||
| Elementary | 85.0 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 1.5 | ‡ | 1.6 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Secondary | 73.2 | ‡ | 6.6 | 8.7 | ‡ | 10.8 | † | ||||||
| Combined | 74.8 | 2.2 | 4.8 | 13.4 | ‡ | 4.5 | ‡ | ||||||
| Size (number of students) | |||||||||||||
| Less than 50 | 68.9 | 9.1 | 4.5 | 9.6 | ‡ | 6.5 | 1.2 | ||||||
| 50–149 | 77.4 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 8.0 | ‡ | 3.6 | 0.5 | ||||||
| 150–299 | 91.6 | 1.6 | 3.4 | 2.3 | ‡ | 1.0 | ‡ | ||||||
| 300–499 | 94.0 | ‡ | 4.3 | 0.7 | ‡ | ‡ | 0.0 | ||||||
| 500–749 | 95.7 | ‡ | 3.8 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 0.0 | ||||||
| 750 or more | 94.4 | 0.0 | 4.7 | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | 0.0 | ||||||
| Region | |||||||||||||
| Northeast | 77.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 10.2 | ‡ | 3.2 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Midwest | 88.8 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 2.9 | ‡ | 1.8 | 0.4 | ||||||
| South | 80.3 | 6.3 | 4.3 | 5.3 | ‡ | 3.5 | 0.2 | ||||||
| West | 74.3 | 7.1 | 6.2 | 6.2 | ‡ | 5.6 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Urbanicity type | |||||||||||||
| City | 78.9 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 7.0 | ‡ | 3.2 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Suburban | 77.9 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 7.3 | ‡ | 3.2 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Town | 86.8 | 5.3 | ! | 2.1 | 2.5 | ‡ | 3.2 | ‡ | |||||
| Rural | 84.1 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | ‡ | 4.5 | ‡ | ||||||
| † Not applicable. | |||||||||||||
| ! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is larger than 25 percent. | |||||||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | |||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases. These estimates do not include private schools for which kindergarten is the highest grade. | |||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2005–2006. | |||||||||||||
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