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Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
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Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by religious or nonsectarian orientation of school: United States, 2013–14

 
  Schools   Students   FTE teachers
Religious or nonsectarian orientation Number   Percent   Number   Percent   Number   Percent  
Total 33,619   100.0   4,576,410   100.0   441,496   100.0  
                         
Religious orientation 23,083   68.7   3,602,735   78.7   310,449   70.3  
Roman Catholic 6,695   19.9   1,891,387   41.3   138,992   31.5  
African Methodist Episcopal ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Amish ‡   9.2   67,943 ! 1.5   4,024 ! 0.9 !
Assembly of God 264   0.8   33,631   0.7   2,918   0.7  
Baptist 1,883   5.6   197,077   4.3   19,914   4.5  
                         
Brethren 85   0.3   6,529   0.1   727   0.2  
Calvinist 112   0.3   24,443   0.5   1,839   0.4  
Christian (unspecified) 4,049   12.0   543,016   11.9   53,195   12.0  
Church of Christ 136   0.4   26,341   0.6   2,336   0.5  
Church of God 90   0.3   9,385   0.2   908   0.2  
                         
Church of God in Christ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Church of the Nazarene 67   0.2   6,226   0.1   593   0.1  
Disciples of Christ ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Episcopal 361   1.1   95,999   2.1   11,519   2.6  
Friends 82   0.2   18,279   0.4   2,456   0.6  
                         
Greek Orthodox 35   0.1   4,645   0.1   544   0.1  
Islamic 287   0.9   39,358   0.9   4,779   1.1  
Jewish 942   2.8   233,197   5.1   28,188   6.4  
Latter Day Saints ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod 972   2.9   114,939   2.5   9,287   2.1  
                         
Evangelical Lutheran Church In America 130   0.4   9,900   0.2   951   0.2  
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod 329   1.0   29,592   0.6   2,233   0.5  
Other Lutheran 75   0.2   7,956   0.2   840   0.2  
Mennonite 887 ! 2.6   32,980   0.7   3,258   0.7  
Methodist 268   0.8   15,727   0.3   1,958   0.4  
                         
Pentecostal 433   1.3   21,291   0.5   2,436   0.6  
Presbyterian 327   1.0   35,960   0.8   3,598   0.8  
Seventh-Day Adventist 788   2.3   51,518   1.1   4,129   0.9  
Other 656   2.0   82,291   1.8   8,459   1.9  
                         
Nonsectarian 10,537   31.3   973,675   21.3   131,046   29.7  
! Interperet data with caution. The coefficient of variation for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent (i.e. the standard error is at least 30 percent and less than 50 percent of the estimate).
‡ Reporting standards not met. There are fewer than 15 sample cases or the coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 50 percent or greater (i.e., the standard error is 50 percent or more of the estimate).
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 that provide instruction for one or more of grades kindergarten through 12 (or comparable ungraded levels).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2013–14.

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