| Total |
10.7 |
|
11.5 |
|
11.6 |
|
9.4 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Private school typology |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Catholic
| 14.0 |
|
14.6 |
|
13.6 |
|
11.0 |
|
| Parochial
| 14.8 |
|
15.0 |
|
13.4 |
|
12.7 |
|
| Diocesan
| 14.3 |
|
14.7 |
|
14.3 |
|
11.2 |
|
| Private
| 12.0 |
|
11.0 |
|
12.9 |
|
10.3 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Other religious |
10.3 |
|
10.3 |
|
9.8 |
|
10.3 |
|
| Conservative Christian |
10.6 |
|
10.2 |
|
11.8 |
|
10.7 |
|
| Other affiliated |
9.9 |
|
10.0 |
|
9.3 |
|
9.9 |
|
| Unaffiliated |
10.3 |
|
10.7 |
|
9.8 |
|
10.0 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Nonsectarian |
7.4 |
|
7.1 |
|
6.9 |
|
7.8 |
|
| Regular |
8.2 |
|
7.7 |
|
7.7 |
|
8.6 |
|
| Special emhasis |
6.8 |
|
6.4 |
|
6.2 |
|
8.0 |
|
| Special education |
5.4 |
|
5.2 |
|
5.1 |
|
5.4 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Program emphasis
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Regular elementary/
secondary |
11.4 |
|
12.6 |
|
12.2 |
|
9.9 |
|
| Montessori |
6.1 |
|
5.9 |
|
‡ |
|
8.4 |
|
| Special program emphasis |
8.1 |
|
7.7 |
|
6.8 |
|
9.0 |
|
| Special education |
5.4 |
|
5.3 |
|
5.2 |
|
5.4 |
|
| Vocational/technical |
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
‡ |
|
| Alternative |
6.8 |
|
7.2 |
|
6.9 |
|
6.6 |
|
| Early childhood |
6.4 |
|
6.4 |
|
† |
|
4.6 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Size (number of students) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Less than 50 |
5.9 |
|
6.2 |
|
4.8 |
|
5.4 |
|
| 50-149 |
8.7 |
|
9.5 |
|
7.5 |
|
7.7 |
|
| 150-299 |
11.5 |
|
13.0 |
|
9.8 |
|
9.4 |
|
| 300-499 |
12.1 |
|
14.1 |
|
11.0 |
|
9.9 |
|
| 500-749 |
12.6 |
|
16.3 |
|
13.4 |
|
10.3 |
|
| 750 or more |
12.2 |
|
16.1 |
|
14.3 |
|
11.0 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Region |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Northeast |
9.8 |
|
11.2 |
|
10.4 |
|
8.1 |
|
| Midwest |
12.0 |
|
12.8 |
|
13.0 |
|
9.9 |
|
| South |
10.1 |
|
10.4 |
|
11.6 |
|
9.7 |
|
| West |
11.3 |
|
12.0 |
|
12.0 |
|
10.1 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Community type |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| City |
11.0 |
|
11.7 |
|
12.6 |
|
9.4 |
|
| Suburban |
10.7 |
|
11.7 |
|
11.6 |
|
9.1 |
|
| Town |
10.6 |
|
11.4 |
|
10.7 |
|
9.8 |
|
| Rural |
9.8 |
|
10.3 |
|
8.5 |
|
9.8 |
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| † Not applicable. |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. |
| NOTE: 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), 2011–12. |
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