Table 5. Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by urbanicity type and selected characteristics: United States, 2007

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Table 5. Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by urbanicity type and selected characteristics: United States, 2007–08
Selected characteristic	Total		City		Suburban		Town		Rural
Selected characteristic	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number		Percent
Total	5,072,451	100.0	2,126,230	100.0	1,987,714	100.0	350,602	100.0	607,905		100.0

Private school typology
Catholic	2,156,173	42.5	990,207	46.6	884,005	44.5	174,708	49.8	107,253		17.6
Parochial	872,976	17.2	370,385	17.4	378,841	19.1	83,743	23.9	40,007		6.6
Diocesan	905,101	17.8	413,149	19.4	359,910	18.1	84,115	24.0	47,928		7.9
Private	378,096	7.5	206,672	9.7	145,255	7.3	6,850	2.0	19,319		3.2

Other religious	1,930,707	38.1	738,045	34.7	724,374	36.4	133,189	38.0	335,100		55.1
Conservative Christian	772,951	15.2	258,593	12.2	304,297	15.3	62,755	17.9	147,306		24.2
Other affiliated	452,787	8.9	203,192	9.6	183,627	9.2	19,846	5.7	46,123		7.6
Unaffiliated	704,969	13.9	276,260	13.0	236,450	11.9	50,588	14.4	141,671		23.3

Nonsectarian	985,571	19.4	397,978	18.7	379,335	19.1	42,705	12.2	165,552		27.2
Regular	670,057	13.2	273,331	12.9	245,954	12.4	31,088	8.9	119,683		19.7
Special emphasis	209,094	4.1	84,940	4.0	84,586	4.3	7,983	2.3	31,585		5.2
Special education	106,420	2.1	39,706	1.9	48,795	2.5	3,634	1.0	14,284		2.3

School level
Elementary	2,513,099	49.5	1,055,444	49.6	1,064,775	53.6	187,793	53.6	205,088		33.7
Secondary	826,905	16.3	416,517	19.6	288,367	14.5	34,409	9.8	87,612		14.4
Combined	1,732,447	34.2	654,268	30.8	634,572	31.9	128,401	36.6	315,206		51.9

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/ secondary	4,589,010	90.5	1,934,188	91.0	1,778,630	89.5	332,336	94.8	543,856		89.5
Montessori	101,303	2.0	37,074	1.7	50,650	2.5	4,284	1.2	9,296		1.5
Special program emphasis	119,435	2.4	62,323	2.9	38,798	2.0	3,149	0.9	15,165		2.5
Special education	116,953	2.3	43,709	2.1	53,922	2.7	3,860	1.1	15,461		2.5
Vocational/technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡
Alternative	76,496	1.5	27,877	1.3	26,317	1.3	3,884	1.1	18,418	!	3.0	!
Early childhood	67,586	1.3	20,080	0.9	39,396	2.0	3,089	0.9	5,021		0.8

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	295,250	5.8	75,616	3.6	103,463	5.2	27,672	7.9	88,499		14.6
50–149	782,795	15.4	256,857	12.1	258,182	13.0	111,289	31.7	156,467		25.7
150–299	1,269,818	25.0	534,952	25.2	483,782	24.3	113,523	32.4	137,562		22.6
300–499	1,078,484	21.3	449,987	21.2	461,867	23.2	60,822	17.3	105,808		17.4
500–749	746,227	14.7	342,806	16.1	318,812	16.0	25,880	7.4	58,729		9.7
750 or more	899,878	17.7	466,012	21.9	361,607	18.2	‡	‡	60,842		10.0

Region
Northeast	1,227,579	24.2	454,068	21.4	611,366	30.8	44,054	12.6	118,091		19.4
Midwest	1,187,612	23.4	454,361	21.4	448,682	22.6	142,971	40.8	141,598		23.3
South	1,671,704	33.0	693,601	32.6	585,259	29.4	120,831	34.5	272,013		44.7
West	985,556	19.4	524,200	24.7	342,407	17.2	42,745	12.2	76,204		12.5
! 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 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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