Table 9. Percentage distribution of private school students, by racial/ethnic background and selected characteristics: United States, 2009

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Table 9. Percentage distribution of private school students, by racial/ethnic background and selected characteristics: United States, 2009–10
Selected characteristic	Hispanic	Non-Hispanic
		American Indian			Pacific Islander			Two or more races
		American Indian	Asian	Black	Pacific Islander		White	Two or more races
Total	9.4	0.4	5.1	9.2	0.6		72.6	2.7

Private school typology
Catholic	13.3	0.4	4.5	7.5	0.6		70.8	2.8
Parochial	14.2	0.3	4.6	7.2	0.6		70.4	2.7
Diocesan	12.3	0.5	4.4	7.0	0.6		72.3	3.0
Private	13.6	0.7	4.7	9.3	0.4		68.4	2.9

Other religious	6.2	0.4	4.1	10.3	0.7		76.3	2.0
Conservative Christian	7.2	0.6	4.3	12.2	0.6		73.2	2.0
Other affiliated	6.2	0.3	5.2	8.7	0.3		77.1	2.3
Unaffiliated	5.1	0.4	3.3	9.5	1.1		78.8	1.8

Nonsectarian	7.3	0.6	8.1	10.6	0.5		69.2	3.8
Regular	6.2	0.5	8.1	8.8	0.5		72.2	3.7
Special emphasis	7.8	0.8	10.3	10.7	0.5		65.1	4.9
Special education	12.8	0.6	2.9	21.7	0.2		59.2	2.5

School level
Elementary	10.9	0.4	5.2	9.0	0.6		71.0	3.0
Secondary	11.0	0.4	5.0	9.0	0.4		71.7	2.6
Combined	6.7	0.5	5.0	9.5	0.8		75.2	2.4

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/ secondary	9.4	0.4	4.9	8.7	0.6		73.4	2.6
Montessori	9.9	0.8	12.3	8.6	0.7		62.7	5.0
Special program emphasis	5.6	0.4	9.6	6.7	0.2		73.2	4.2
Special education	12.5	0.6	2.8	22.0	0.2		59.4	2.5
Vocational/technical	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡
Alternative	8.8	1.0	3.9	17.0	0.2		65.8	3.2
Early childhood	10.9	0.6	6.9	11.5	1.1		65.9	3.0

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	8.2	0.8	4.0	12.8	0.4		71.3	2.5
50–149	9.5	0.7	4.6	13.5	0.6		68.6	2.5
150–299	12.3	0.4	5.4	10.7	0.6		67.5	3.0
300–499	8.2	0.3	5.4	7.2	0.4		75.8	2.7
500–749	8.8	0.3	5.0	6.5	0.4		76.5	2.5
750 or more	7.6	0.3	5.1	6.0	1.1		77.1	2.7

Region
Northeast	7.7	0.2	4.8	10.5	0.3		74.3	2.1
Midwest	5.6	0.5	2.9	7.9	0.2		80.9	2.0
South	9.4	0.3	3.6	11.2	0.3		73.1	2.1
West	16.6	1.0	10.9	5.4	2.1		58.5	5.5

Urbanicity type
City	12.3	0.4	6.1	11.9	0.8		65.4	3.2
Suburban	8.9	0.3	5.2	8.8	0.4		73.7	2.7
Town	5.4	0.6	2.0	3.5	0.9	!	85.9	1.6
Rural	4.1	1.2	3.3	4.8	0.3		84.5	1.7
! 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 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). Hispanic includes Latino, American Indian includes Native American, Black includes African American, and Pacific Islander includes Native Hawaiian.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2009–10.