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| Table 7. Average private school size, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2005–06 |
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| Selected characteristic | Average number of students | |||
| Total | Elementary | Secondary | Combined | |
| Total | 174.4 | 151.8 | 293.6 | 177.9 |
| NCES typology | ||||
| Catholic | 294.2 | 247.8 | 553.9 | 327.2 |
| Parochial | 267.7 | 258.1 | 444.6 | 400.3 |
| Diocesan | 301.5 | 247.1 | 563.7 | 267.5 |
| Private | 370.6 | 163.0 | 580.5 | 332.4 |
| Other religious | 130.5 | 97.3 | 161.8 | 164.4 |
| Conservative Christian | 144.4 | 107.6 | 163.9 | 165.2 |
| Affiliated | 160.0 | 122.6 | 183.3 | 230.5 |
| Unaffiliated | 93.6 | 70.9 | 138.7 | 122.9 |
| Nonsectarian | 134.0 | 89.6 | 125.0 | 193.3 |
| Regular | 218.2 | 120.9 | 222.7 | 365.8 |
| Special emphasis | 83.1 | 67.1 | 72.1 | 133.9 |
| Special education | 68.5 | 50.0 | 51.5 | 75.8 |
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 195.6 | 166.0 | 368.3 | 203.3 |
| Montessori | 61.2 | 57.7 | ‡ | 79.6 |
| Special program emphasis | 167.4 | 121.5 | 197.8 | 216.5 |
| Special education | 66.4 | 48.7 | 51.2 | 73.1 |
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 66.3 | 52.2 | 53.7 | 84.6 |
| Early childhood | 43.2 | 47.6 | † | ‡ |
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 24.8 | 25.5 | 23.6 | 24.0 |
| 50–149 | 92.2 | 94.4 | 90.0 | 88.4 |
| 150–299 | 213.1 | 212.4 | 218.7 | 213.2 |
| 300–499 | 383.2 | 382.4 | 385.5 | 383.9 |
| 500–749 | 599.7 | 583.8 | 602.6 | 615.0 |
| 750 or more | 1,037.5 | 948.7 | 1,038.6 | 1,056.4 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 183.7 | 161.1 | 298.6 | 172.4 |
| Midwest | 171.3 | 157.3 | 359.4 | 141.7 |
| South | 176.3 | 140.7 | 267.9 | 201.0 |
| West | 165.2 | 148.0 | 252.9 | 164.3 |
| Urbanicity type | ||||
| City | 219.2 | 180.8 | 358.8 | 244.1 |
| Suburban | 200.5 | 178.3 | 327.2 | 207.4 |
| Town | 114.5 | 108.0 | 156.4 | 117.5 |
| Rural | 95.2 | 67.1 | 165.6 | 110.0 |
| † Not applicable. | ||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | ||||
| NOTE: 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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