Percentage distribution of private school students, by racial/ethnic background and selected school characteristics: United States, 2013

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Percentage distribution of private school students, by racial/ethnic background and selected school characteristics: United States, 2013–14


Selected characteristic	Hispanic	Non- Hispanic American Indian	Asian	Black		Pacific Islander	White	Two or more races
Total	10.2	0.5	5.9	9.3		0.7	69.6	3.9

Private school typology
Catholic	14.2	0.5	5.0	8.0		0.6	67.7	4.0
Parochial	15.4	0.4	4.5	8.1		0.6	67.2	3.8
Diocesan	13.2	0.4	5.1	7.1		0.6	69.7	3.9
Private	14.7	0.7	5.5	9.8		0.6	64.0	4.7

Other religious	7.1	0.4	5.0	10.0		0.8	73.9	2.9
Conservative Christian	9.1	0.6	5.3	11.0		0.6	70.0	3.4
Other affiliated	6.4	0.3	5.6	8.6		0.4	75.7	3.0
Unaffiliated	5.6	0.4	4.1	10.0		1.2	76.4	2.3

Nonsectarian	8.0	0.6	9.2	10.5		0.5	65.8	5.3
Regular	7.3	0.6	9.6	8.8		0.5	67.7	5.4
Special emhasis	7.6	0.6	10.9	11.4		0.5	62.8	6.1
Special education	13.5	0.6	3.1	20.4		0.4	59.1	3.0

School level
Elementary	12.1	0.5	5.6	9.1		0.6	68.0	4.1
Secondary	11.4	0.4	6.2	9.7		0.5	68.3	3.7
Combined	7.4	0.6	6.1	9.3		0.9	72.2	3.6

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/secondary	10.2	0.5	5.7	8.8		0.7	70.3	3.8
Montessori	9.1	0.4	13.7	7.1		0.6	63.0	6.0
Special program emphasis	8.0	0.5	8.4	6.7		0.7	70.1	5.5
Special education	13.4	0.6	3.0	20.3		0.3	59.4	3.0
Vocational/technical	‡	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡
Alternative	9.7	0.8	4.6	24.4	!	0.3	55.9	4.3
Early childhood	10.7	0.6	7.2	10.7		1.0	65.8	4.0

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	8.6	0.8	4.3	11.7		0.4	71.5	2.8
50-149	11.2	0.8	5.4	13.2		0.6	65.3	3.5
150-299	12.8	0.3	6.0	12.1		0.6	64.2	4.0
300-499	10.2	0.6	6.2	6.7		0.5	71.7	4.2
500-749	8.1	0.3	5.7	6.5		0.4	75.2	3.8
750 or more	8.4	0.4	6.4	6.3		1.3	73.2	4.0

Region
Northeast	8.0	0.2	5.8	9.7		0.2	72.8	3.3
Midwest	6.4	0.4	3.5	8.4		0.2	78.0	3.0
South	11.0	0.4	4.4	11.7		0.4	69.0	3.1
West	16.6	1.1	11.7	5.4		2.2	55.7	7.2

Urbanicity type
City	12.4	0.4	6.6	11.3		0.9	64.0	4.4
Suburban	10.3	0.3	6.3	8.8		0.5	69.7	4.1
Town	6.1	0.7	2.5	6.8	!	0.8	81.0	2.2
Rural	3.8	1.4	3.2	4.4		0.3	85.0	2.0
! 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.
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). 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), 2013–14.

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