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| Table 9. Percentage distribution of private school students, by racial/ethnic background and selected characteristics: United States, 2007–08 |
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| Selected characteristic | White, non-Hispanic | Minority | ||||||||||
| Total Minority | Black, non-Hispanic | Hispanic | Asian/ Pacific Islander | American Indian/ Alaska Native | ||||||||
| Total | 74.5 | 25.5 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 5.4 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Private school typology | ||||||||||||
| Catholic | 73.1 | 26.9 | 7.9 | 13.4 | 4.9 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Parochial | 72.9 | 27.1 | 7.5 | 14.1 | 5.1 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Diocesan | 74.2 | 25.8 | 8.0 | 12.6 | 4.6 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Private | 71.0 | 29.0 | 8.8 | 13.8 | 5.3 | 1.1 | ||||||
| Other religious | 77.0 | 23.0 | 11.1 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Conservative Christian | 74.6 | 25.4 | 12.4 | 7.6 | 4.6 | 0.8 | ||||||
| Other affiliated | 79.8 | 20.2 | 9.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Unaffiliated | 77.8 | 22.2 | 10.9 | 6.4 | 4.3 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Nonsectarian | 72.7 | 27.3 | 11.3 | 7.1 | 8.1 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Regular | 75.8 | 24.2 | 9.2 | 6.0 | 8.2 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Special emphasis | 69.1 | 30.9 | 11.8 | 7.4 | 10.5 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Special education | 60.1 | 39.9 | 23.4 | 12.9 | 2.5 | 1.1 | ||||||
| School level | ||||||||||||
| Elementary | 72.5 | 27.5 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 5.8 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Secondary | 75.0 | 25.0 | 8.9 | 10.7 | 4.9 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Combined | 77.2 | 22.8 | 10.0 | 6.8 | 5.2 | 0.7 | ||||||
| Program emphasis | ||||||||||||
| Regular elementary/secondary | 75.2 | 24.8 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 5.2 | 0.6 | ||||||
| Montessori | 69.0 | 31.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 13.4 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Special program emphasis | 74.9 | 25.1 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 9.9 | 0.9 | ||||||
| Special education | 60.8 | 39.2 | 23.3 | 12.4 | 2.4 | 1.0 | ||||||
| Vocational/technical | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ | ||||||
| Alternative | 64.7 | 35.3 | 20.7 | 10.1 | 3.3 | 1.2 | ||||||
| Early childhood | 68.4 | 31.6 | 13.3 | 10.0 | 7.0 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Size (number of students) | ||||||||||||
| Less than 50 | 70.6 | 29.4 | 14.9 | 8.2 | 5.0 | 1.2 | ||||||
| 50–149 | 70.0 | 30.0 | 14.9 | 9.3 | 4.8 | 1.1 | ||||||
| 150–299 | 69.2 | 30.8 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 6.1 | 0.6 | ||||||
| 300–499 | 77.7 | 22.3 | 7.7 | 8.9 | 5.3 | 0.5 | ||||||
| 500–749 | 78.6 | 21.4 | 6.8 | 8.9 | 5.2 | 0.5 | ||||||
| 750 or more | 80.0 | 20.0 | 6.1 | 7.8 | 5.7 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Region | ||||||||||||
| Northeast | 75.4 | 24.6 | 11.1 | 8.4 | 4.6 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Midwest | 82.2 | 17.8 | 8.8 | 5.6 | 2.8 | 0.6 | ||||||
| South | 75.5 | 24.5 | 11.8 | 8.7 | 3.5 | 0.5 | ||||||
| West | 62.3 | 37.7 | 5.9 | 17.6 | 13.0 | 1.3 | ||||||
| Urbanicity type | ||||||||||||
| City | 67.5 | 32.5 | 12.7 | 12.6 | 6.6 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Suburban | 76.2 | 23.8 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 5.4 | 0.5 | ||||||
| Town | 86.7 | 13.3 | 3.9 | 5.5 | 2.9 | 1.1 | ! | |||||
| Rural | 86.4 | 13.6 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | ||||||
| ! 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. 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). Black includes African American, Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic includes Latino. Race categories exclude Hispanic origin unless specified. | ||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2007–08. | ||||||||||||
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