Table 1. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by selected characteristics: United States, 2009

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Table 1. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by selected characteristics: United States, 2009–10
Selected characteristic	Schools		Students		FTE teachers
Selected characteristic	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Total	33,366	100.0	4,700,119	100.0	437,414	100.0

Private school typology
Catholic	7,115	21.3	2,009,640	42.8	142,620	32.6
Parochial	3,111	9.3	783,856	16.7	52,686	12.0
Diocesan	2,969	8.9	844,794	18.0	58,463	13.4
Private	1,035	3.1	380,991	8.1	31,471	7.2

Other religious	15,616	46.8	1,752,011	37.3	171,868	39.3
Conservative Christian	4,614	13.8	637,416	13.6	59,679	13.6
Other affiliated	2,882	8.6	445,536	9.5	44,900	10.3
Unaffiliated	8,120	24.3	669,060	14.2	67,289	15.4

Nonsectarian	10,635	31.9	938,467	20.0	122,926	28.1
Regular	5,231	15.7	629,983	13.4	75,662	17.3
Special emphasis	3,821	11.5	207,483	4.4	28,925	6.6
Special education	1,582	4.7	101,002	2.1	18,338	4.2

School level
Elementary	21,425	64.2	2,269,301	48.3	194,482	44.5
Secondary	2,776	8.3	785,500	16.7	67,526	15.4
Combined	9,165	27.5	1,645,318	35.0	175,406	40.1

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/secondary	22,565	67.6	4,224,042	89.9	366,550	83.8
Montessori	2,653	8.0	98,455	2.1	15,089	3.4
Special program emphasis	917	2.7	115,484	2.5	15,460	3.5
Special education	1,779	5.3	111,928	2.4	20,185	4.6
Vocational/technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	1,327	4.0	84,917	1.8	10,385	2.4
Early childhood	4,122	12.4	64,332	1.4	9,671	2.2

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	15,127	45.3	318,234	6.8	49,922	11.4
50–149	8,229	24.7	755,596	16.1	85,722	19.6
150–299	5,600	16.8	1,187,419	25.3	104,142	23.8
300–499	2,570	7.7	986,558	21.0	81,180	18.6
500–749	1,105	3.3	672,244	14.3	53,445	12.2
750 or more	736	2.2	780,068	16.6	63,003	14.4

Region
Northeast	7,643	22.9	1,136,959	24.2	115,135	26.3
Midwest	8,419	25.2	1,134,730	24.1	92,093	21.1
South	10,483	31.4	1,550,306	33.0	152,850	34.9
West	6,821	20.4	878,124	18.7	77,336	17.7

Urbanicity type
City	10,810	32.4	1,960,351	41.7	176,739	40.4
Suburban	11,609	34.8	1,785,348	38.0	166,165	38.0
Town	3,340	10.0	325,490	6.9	30,389	6.9
Rural	7,607	22.8	628,930	13.4	64,120	14.7
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases. These estimates include private schools which provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through twelve (or comparable ungraded levels).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2009–10