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| Table 4. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by urbanicity type and selected characteristics: United States, 2007–08 |
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| Selected characteristic | Total | City | Suburban | Town | Rural | ||||||||||||||
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | Number | Percent | ||||||||||
| Total | 33,740 | 100.0 | 11,212 | 100.0 | 12,665 | 100.0 | 3,300 | 100.0 | 6,563 | 100.0 | |||||||||
| Private school typology | |||||||||||||||||||
| Catholic | 7,507 | 22.2 | 3,076 | 27.4 | 2,774 | 21.9 | 1,017 | 30.8 | 640 | 9.8 | |||||||||
| Parochial | 3,378 | 10.0 | 1,312 | 11.7 | 1,295 | 10.2 | 487 | 14.8 | 285 | 4.3 | |||||||||
| Diocesan | 3,087 | 9.1 | 1,264 | 11.3 | 1,096 | 8.7 | 476 | 14.4 | 251 | 3.8 | |||||||||
| Private | 1,042 | 3.1 | 500 | 4.5 | 384 | 3.0 | 54 | 1.6 | 105 | 1.6 | |||||||||
| Other religious | 15,403 | 45.7 | 4,460 | 39.8 | 4,853 | 38.3 | 1,683 | 51.0 | 4,407 | 67.1 | |||||||||
| Conservative Christian | 5,106 | 15.1 | 1,346 | 12.0 | 1,717 | 13.6 | 699 | 21.2 | 1,345 | 20.5 | |||||||||
| Other affiliated | 2,741 | 8.1 | 1,029 | 9.2 | 948 | 7.5 | 249 | 7.6 | 516 | 7.9 | |||||||||
| Unaffiliated | 7,555 | 22.4 | 2,085 | 18.6 | 2,189 | 17.3 | 736 | 22.3 | 2,546 | 38.8 | |||||||||
| Nonsectarian | 10,830 | 32.1 | 3,677 | 32.8 | 5,038 | 39.8 | 600 | 18.2 | 1,516 | 23.1 | |||||||||
| Regular | 5,603 | 16.6 | 1,833 | 16.3 | 2,667 | 21.1 | 323 | 9.8 | 780 | 11.9 | |||||||||
| Special emphasis | 3,691 | 10.9 | 1,276 | 11.4 | 1,695 | 13.4 | 207 | 6.3 | 513 | 7.8 | |||||||||
| Special education | 1,536 | 4.6 | 568 | 5.1 | 675 | 5.3 | 70 | 2.1 | 223 | 3.4 | |||||||||
| School level | |||||||||||||||||||
| Elementary | 21,870 | 64.8 | 7,474 | 66.7 | 8,886 | 70.2 | 2,049 | 62.1 | 3,461 | 52.7 | |||||||||
| Secondary | 2,932 | 8.7 | 1,220 | 10.9 | 893 | 7.0 | 201 | 6.1 | 619 | 9.4 | |||||||||
| Combined | 8,938 | 26.5 | 2,518 | 22.5 | 2,886 | 22.8 | 1,050 | 31.8 | 2,483 | 37.8 | |||||||||
| Program emphasis | |||||||||||||||||||
| Regular elementary/ secondary | 22,905 | 67.9 | 7,555 | 67.4 | 7,431 | 58.7 | 2,724 | 82.5 | 5,195 | 79.2 | |||||||||
| Montessori | 2,650 | 7.9 | 909 | 8.1 | 1,341 | 10.6 | 159 | 4.8 | 241 | 3.7 | |||||||||
| Special program emphasis | 896 | 2.7 | 426 | 3.8 | 295 | 2.3 | 42 | 1.3 | 134 | 2.0 | |||||||||
| Special education | 1,748 | 5.2 | 643 | 5.7 | 774 | 6.1 | 76 | 2.3 | 256 | 3.9 | |||||||||
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | |||||||||
| Alternative | 1,221 | 3.6 | 364 | 3.2 | 380 | 3.0 | 78 | 2.4 | 399 | 6.1 | |||||||||
| Early childhood | 4,315 | 12.8 | 1,314 | 11.7 | 2,445 | 19.3 | 221 | 6.7 | 336 | 5.1 | |||||||||
| Size (number of students) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Less than 50 | 14,368 | 42.6 | 3,790 | 33.8 | 5,530 | 43.7 | 1,312 | 39.7 | 3,736 | 56.9 | |||||||||
| 50–149 | 8,512 | 25.2 | 2,742 | 24.5 | 2,810 | 22.2 | 1,226 | 37.2 | 1,733 | 26.4 | |||||||||
| 150–299 | 5,969 | 17.7 | 2,497 | 22.3 | 2,273 | 17.9 | 542 | 16.4 | 657 | 10.0 | |||||||||
| 300–499 | 2,802 | 8.3 | 1,173 | 10.5 | 1,188 | 9.4 | 163 | 4.9 | 278 | 4.2 | |||||||||
| 500–749 | 1,237 | 3.7 | 565 | 5.0 | 530 | 4.2 | 44 | 1.3 | 98 | 1.5 | |||||||||
| 750 or more | 853 | 2.5 | 444 | 4.0 | 335 | 2.6 | ‡ | ‡ | 61 | 0.9 | |||||||||
| Region | |||||||||||||||||||
| Northeast | 8,331 | 24.7 | 2,172 | 19.4 | 4,009 | 31.7 | 438 | 13.3 | 1,712 | 26.1 | |||||||||
| Midwest | 7,932 | 23.5 | 2,385 | 21.3 | 2,382 | 18.8 | 1,191 | 36.1 | 1,974 | 30.1 | |||||||||
| South | 10,305 | 30.5 | 3,424 | 30.5 | 3,721 | 29.4 | 1,135 | 34.4 | 2,025 | 30.9 | |||||||||
| West | 7,171 | 21.3 | 3,230 | 28.8 | 2,554 | 20.2 | 536 | 16.2 | 852 | 13.0 | |||||||||
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | |||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells where reporting standards were not met. These estimates include schools for which kindergarten is the highest grade (kindergarten-terminal schools) as well as those that provide instruction for one or more of grades 1 through 12 (or comparable ungraded levels). | |||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2007–08. | |||||||||||||||||||
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