Total | 33,740 | | 5,072,451 | | 503,469 | |
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None | 11,282 | | 860,628 | | 95,810 | |
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Religious | | | | | | |
Accelerated Christian Education | 970 | | 41,385 | | 5,593 | |
American Association of Christian Schools | 820 | | 99,456 | | 10,477 | |
Association of Christian Schools International | 3,551 | | 651,017 | | 62,899 | |
Association of Christian Teachers and Schools | 246 | | 37,497 | | 3,496 | |
Association of Classical and Christian Schools | 149 | | 28,173 | | 3,335 | |
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Christian Schools International | 367 | | 82,145 | | 7,567 | |
Evangelical Lutheran Education Association | 228 | | 21,415 | | 2,073 | |
Friends Council on Education | 67 | | 19,107 | | 2,593 | |
General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church | 590 | | 40,410 | | 3,621 | |
Islamic School League of America | 82 | | 11,739 | | 1,378 | |
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Jesuit Secondary Education Association | 55 | | 44,892 | | 3,377 | |
National Association of Episcopal Schools | 293 | | 86,278 | | 10,396 | |
National Catholic Educational Association | 6,251 | | 1,883,349 | | 136,392 | |
National Christian School Association | 142 | | 37,659 | | 3,415 | |
National Society of Hebrew Day Schools | 251 | | 68,851 | | 9,729 | |
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Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship | 73 | | 13,724 | | 1,300 | |
The Jewish Community Day School Network | 112 | | 24,526 | | 3,926 | |
Solomon Schechter Day School Association | 73 | | 18,085 | | 2,569 | |
Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools | 136 | | 29,337 | | 2,863 | |
Other religious school associations | 1,396 | | 271,318 | | 26,518 | |
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Special emphasis | | | | | | |
American Montessori Society | 1,360 | | 67,930 | | 11,275 | |
Association Montessori International | 635 | | 28,204 | | 3,640 | |
Other Montessori associations | 718 | | 29,671 | | 5,195 | |
Association of Military Colleges and Schools | ‡ | | ‡ | | ‡ | |
Association of Waldorf Schools of North America | 107 | | 15,709 | | 2,359 | |
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Bilingual School Association | 21 | | 4,184 | | 434 | |
Council of Bilingual Education | ‡ | | ‡ | | ‡ | |
Council for Exceptional Children | 330 | | 36,145 | | 5,383 | |
National Association of Private Special Education Centers | 310 | | 32,931 | | 5,248 | |
Other associations for exceptional children | 225 | | 22,334 | | 3,665 | |
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European Council for International Schools | ‡ | | ‡ | | ‡ | |
National Association for the Education of Young Children | 1,867 | | 142,550 | | 16,324 | |
National Association of Bilingual Education | ‡ | | ‡ | | ‡ | |
National Association of Laboratory Schools | 27 | | 5,597 | | 665 | |
National Coalition of Girls' Schools | 91 | | 38,000 | | 4,951 | |
Other special emphasis school associations | 797 | | 127,904 | | 14,298 | |
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Other school associations or organizations | | | | | | |
Alternative School Network | 29 | | 3,053 | | 385 | |
National Association of Independent Schools | 1,271 | | 560,823 | | 73,988 | |
State or regional independent school association | 1,827 | | 558,123 | | 62,027 | |
National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools | 47 | | 6,522 | | 687 | |
National Independent Private School Association | 218 | | 35,973 | | 3,695 | |
The Association of Boarding Schools | 204 | | 65,807 | | 9,849 | |
Other school associations | 4,472 | | 880,929 | | 91,765 | |
‡ Reporting standards not met. |
NOTE: Details do not sum to total because private schools may belong to more than one association. 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. |