Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2006–07 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2007

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Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2006–07 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2007–08
					FTE teachers		High school graduates 2006–07
State	Schools		Students		FTE teachers		High school graduates 2006–07
United States	33,740		5,072,451		456,266		306,605

Alabama	423		72,037		6,405		4,576
Alaska	63		4,173		464		198
Arizona	361		51,590		4,222		2,593
Arkansas	305	!	34,850	!	3,147	!	1,379
California	4,013		607,141		50,152		34,878

Colorado	415		48,945		4,825		2,524
Connecticut	423		76,520		8,237		7,993
Delaware	214	!	26,403		2,438		1,797
District of Columbia	92		17,985		2,189		1,665
Florida	1,938		329,646		29,783		18,583

Georgia	910		136,987		14,007		7,574
Hawaii	136		33,441		2,880		2,385
Idaho	190	!	20,878	!	1,677	!	908	!
Illinois	1,924		264,012		20,751		15,105
Indiana	807		104,062		8,104		4,788

Iowa	242		41,796		3,408		2,261
Kansas	246		43,413		3,498		2,378
Kentucky	404		67,376		5,644		4,028
Louisiana	393		123,476		9,085		7,531
Maine	200		19,553		2,137		2,618

Maryland	823		143,661		14,286		9,454
Massachusetts	947		127,967		15,042		10,435
Michigan	908		139,314		10,871		8,522
Minnesota	585		90,973		7,178		4,930
Mississippi	219		47,955		4,148		3,355

Missouri	690		112,368		9,724		7,330
Montana	141	!	13,778	!	1,195	!	1,703	!
Nebraska	223		35,872		2,819		2,156
Nevada	161		22,310		1,550		695
New Hampshire	312		23,200		2,969		2,294

New Jersey	1,441		204,486		19,522		13,344
New Mexico	212		23,582		2,171		1,495
New York	2,130		458,231		42,845		29,891
North Carolina	656		108,810		10,846		5,594
North Dakota	50		6,345		556		‡

Ohio	1,189		215,592		16,369		13,057
Oklahoma	300	!	34,354		3,899		2,033
Oregon	564		53,243		4,744		2,814
Pennsylvania	2,503		281,958		24,645		17,477
Rhode Island	226		23,951		2,535		1,582

South Carolina	409		56,492		5,550		3,211
South Dakota	80		10,692		925		556
Tennessee	557		106,097		10,111		5,889
Texas	1,651		235,241		23,623		11,923
Utah	146		17,551		1,715		1,351

Vermont	150		11,713		1,553		1,759
Virginia	872		116,934		12,919		6,913
Washington	730		86,811		7,464		4,565
West Virginia	139		13,400		1,261		605
Wisconsin	990		123,174		9,915		5,426
Wyoming	38		2,113		261		‡
! 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 notmet. These estimates include schools for which kindergarten is the highest grade (kindergarten-terminal schools) aswell 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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