Table 6. Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by grade and NCES typology: United States, 2005

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Table 6. Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by grade and NCES typology: United States, 2005–06
	Kindergarten¹		First grade		Second grade		Third grade		Fourth grade
NCES typology	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent
Total	458,298	100.0	421,123	100.0	405,472	100.0	398,117	100.0	391,534	100.0

Catholic	178,720	39.0	179,781	42.7	180,118	44.4	180,833	45.4	180,008	46.0
Parochial	100,677	22.0	102,465	24.3	103,157	25.4	103,343	26.0	103,272	26.4
Diocesan	68,659	15.0	67,971	16.1	68,010	16.8	68,315	17.2	67,893	17.3
Private	9,383	2.0	9,345	2.2	8,950	2.2	9,175	2.3	8,844	2.3

Other religious	191,801	41.9	173,150	41.1	164,347	40.5	159,217	40.0	155,106	39.6
Conservative Christian	87,167	19.0	75,912	18.0	71,514	17.6	69,382	17.4	67,006	17.1
Affiliated	57,866	12.6	52,664	12.5	50,869	12.5	49,685	12.5	48,874	12.5
Unaffiliated	46,768	10.2	44,574	10.6	41,964	10.3	40,151	10.1	39,225	10.0

Nonsectarian	87,778	19.2	68,191	16.2	61,007	15.0	58,067	14.6	56,420	14.4
Regular	52,920	11.5	44,631	10.6	41,349	10.2	40,029	10.1	39,247	10.0
Special emphasis	33,786	7.4	21,912	5.2	17,754	4.4	15,249	3.8	13,715	3.5
Special education	1,072	0.2	1,648	0.4	1,904	0.5	2,789	0.7	3,458	0.9
	Fifth grade		Sixth grade		Seventh grade		Eighth grade		Ninth grade
NCES typology	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent
Total	389,717	100.0	393,223	100.0	390,549	100.0	387,723	100.0	356,131	100.0

Catholic	182,545	46.8	182,934	46.5	177,322	45.4	176,517	45.5	166,183	46.7
Parochial	104,114	26.7	103,155	26.2	97,222	24.9	94,565	24.4	19,743	5.5
Diocesan	69,000	17.7	67,918	17.3	65,739	16.8	66,842	17.2	74,971	21.1
Private	9,431	2.4	11,861	3.0	14,361	3.7	15,109	3.9	71,469	20.1

Other religious	150,988	38.7	151,546	38.5	148,074	37.9	144,088	37.2	118,178	33.2
Conservative Christian	65,565	16.8	65,931	16.8	63,794	16.3	61,630	15.9	53,565	15.0
Affiliated	47,755	12.3	47,687	12.1	46,597	11.9	45,269	11.7	35,875	10.1
Unaffiliated	37,668	9.7	37,928	9.6	37,684	9.6	37,189	9.6	28,739	8.1

Nonsectarian	56,183	14.4	58,742	14.9	65,153	16.7	67,118	17.3	71,769	20.2
Regular	39,514	10.1	41,633	10.6	46,823	12.0	47,673	12.3	50,604	14.2
Special emphasis	12,556	3.2	11,643	3.0	11,661	3.0	11,853	3.1	11,808	3.3
Special education	4,113	1.1	5,466	1.4	6,669	1.7	7,592	2.0	9,357	2.6
	Tenth grade		Eleventh grade		Twelfth grade		Ungraded
NCES typology	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent	Number	Per- cent
Total	348,189	100.0	326,257	100.0	315,287	100.0	75,900	100.0

Catholic	159,570	45.8	151,392	46.4	145,603	46.2	4,714	6.2
Parochial	17,181	4.9	16,638	5.1	15,992	5.1	856	1.1
Diocesan	72,770	20.9	69,294	21.2	66,388	21.1	2,068	2.7
Private	69,619	20.0	65,460	20.1	63,223	20.1	1,789	2.4

Other religious	112,329	32.3	104,805	32.1	101,722	32.3	9,264	12.2
Conservative Christian	50,432	14.5	45,735	14.0	42,363	13.4	3,700	4.9
Affiliated	34,612	9.9	32,854	10.1	31,997	10.1	2,374	3.1
Unaffiliated	27,285	7.8	26,217	8.0	27,362	8.7	3,190	4.2

Nonsectarian	76,290	21.9	70,060	21.5	67,962	21.6	61,922	81.6
Regular	55,191	15.9	50,001	15.3	49,036	15.6	5,731	7.6
Special emphasis	12,008	3.4	11,961	3.7	11,605	3.7	20,611	27.2
Special education	9,091	2.6	8,098	2.5	7,321	2.3	35,581	46.9
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. 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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