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| Table 12. Pupil/teacher ratio in private schools, by school level and selected characteristics: United States, 2005–06 |
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| Selected characteristic | School level | |||
| Total | Elementary | Secondary | Combined | |
| Total | 11.6 | 13.1 | 12.2 | 9.7 |
| NCES typology | ||||
| Catholic | 15.0 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 10.3 |
| Parochial | 16.0 | 16.4 | 13.4 | 12.1 |
| Diocesan | 15.4 | 16.0 | 14.7 | 11.9 |
| Private | 12.2 | 11.5 | 13.4 | 9.3 |
| Other religious | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 10.6 |
| Conservative Christian | 11.5 | 11.6 | 12.1 | 11.4 |
| Affiliated | 10.1 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
| Unaffiliated | 10.5 | 11.3 | 10.5 | 9.8 |
| Nonsectarian | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.1 |
| Regular | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.8 | 8.7 |
| Special emphasis | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 9.4 |
| Special education | 5.8 | 5.4 | 6.1 | 5.8 |
| Program emphasis | ||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 12.2 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 10.2 |
| Montessori | 8.3 | 7.8 | ‡ | 11.4 |
| Special program emphasis | 9.4 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 9.8 |
| Special education | 5.7 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Alternative | 8.3 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 8.4 |
| Early childhood | 11.4 | 11.8 | † | ‡ |
| Size (number of students) | ||||
| Less than 50 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 50–149 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
| 150–299 | 12.5 | 14.1 | 10.1 | 10.1 |
| 300–499 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 11.4 | 10.7 |
| 500–749 | 13.6 | 17.4 | 13.9 | 11.0 |
| 750 or more | 12.7 | 17.2 | 15.3 | 10.8 |
| Region | ||||
| Northeast | 10.7 | 12.9 | 10.8 | 7.8 |
| Midwest | 13.1 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 10.2 |
| South | 10.9 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 10.2 |
| West | 12.6 | 13.8 | 13.2 | 10.5 |
| Urbanicity type | ||||
| City | 12.0 | 13.3 | 12.9 | 9.9 |
| Suburban | 11.8 | 13.3 | 12.2 | 9.6 |
| Town | 11.4 | 12.7 | 10.3 | 10.3 |
| Rural | 10.2 | 11.4 | 10.2 | 9.4 |
| † 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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