Skip Navigation
IES    
NCES
National Center for
Education Statistics
Menu
Contact
Tools
ED.gov
Newsflash
Search IES

Were you contacted about the 2023–24 PSS? Please contact the U.S. Census Bureau pss@census.gov or 1-888-329-5890 for more information. Questions about the survey? Click here for PSS participant information!
Private School Universe Survey (PSS)
Publications & Products| Data Tools | Staff


Pupil/teacher ratio of private schools, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2013–14

 
  School level  
Selected characteristic Total   Elementary   Secondary   Combined  
Total 10.4   11.1   11.4   9.2  
                 
Private school typology                
Catholic 13.6   14.2   13.3   11.2  
Parochial 14.3   14.6   13.0   11.7  
Diocesan 14.0   14.3   13.9   12.2  
Private 11.9   10.9   12.8   10.3  
                 
Other religious 10.0   10.1   9.4   10.0  
Conservative Christian 10.5   10.3   11.6   10.5  
Other affiliated 9.4   9.3   9.0   9.7  
Unaffiliated 10.0   10.7   9.1   9.4  
                 
Nonsectarian 7.4   7.0   7.4   7.7  
Regular 8.0   7.7   7.3   8.3  
Special emhasis   7.0   6.3   9.3   7.8  
Special education 5.5   5.0   5.3   5.6  
                 
Program emphasis
                
Regular elementary/secondary 11.0   12.2   11.7   9.6  
Montessori 6.1   5.8   ‡   8.4  
Special program emphasis  8.3   8.1   8.1   8.4  
Special education 5.5   4.8   5.2   5.6  
Vocational/technical  ‡   ‡   ‡   ‡  
Alternative 8.3   7.3   10.7   7.4  
Early childhood 6.8   6.8   †   ‡  
                 
Size (number of students)                
Less than 50 6.4   6.9   4.7   5.5  
50-149 8.6   9.3   7.7   7.5  
150-299 11.2   12.5   9.7   9.5  
300-499 11.7   13.3   11.1   9.9  
500-749 11.9   15.4   12.8   9.9  
750 or more 11.3   14.4   14.1   10.1  
                 
Region                
Northeast 9.3   10.8   10.0   7.5  
Midwest 12.0   12.5   12.8   10.3  
South 9.8   9.9   11.6   9.5  
West 11.0   11.4   11.9   10.0  
                 
Urbanicity type                
City 10.5   11.1   12.2   9.2  
Suburban 10.4   11.2   11.5   9.1  
Town 10.6   11.1   10.5   9.9  
Rural 9.6   11.0   8.0   9.1  
† Not applicable.
‡ 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).
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2013–14.

Back Arrow  List of Tables Download Excel Excel File (17 KB) Download SE Excel Excel File (15 KB)

IES    
NCES
National Center for
Education Statistics
Explore the Institute of Education Sciences