Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2013

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Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2013–14


			School level
School characteristic	Total		Elementary			Secondary		Combined
School characteristic	Number	Percent	Number		Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent

Total	33,619	100.0	22,509		100.0	2,701	100.0	8,409	100.0

Private school typology
Catholic	6,695	19.9	5,290		23.5	994	36.8	412	4.9
Parochial	2,712	8.1	2,514		11.2	126	4.7	71	0.8
Diocesan	2,977	8.9	2,369		10.5	475	17.6	132	1.6
Private	1,007	3.0	407		1.8	392	14.5	208	2.5

Other religious	16,387	48.7	10,235		45.5	792	29.3	5,360	63.7
Conservative Christian	4,255	12.7	1,387		6.2	140	5.2	2,728	32.4
Other affiliated	3,035	9.0	1,960		8.7	284	10.5	791	9.4
Unaffiliated	9,098	27.1	6,888		30.6	368	13.6	1,842	21.9

Nonsectarian	10,537	31.3	6,984		31.0	916	33.9	2,637	31.4
Regular	5,229	15.6	3,870		17.2	354	13.1	1,005	11.9
Special emhasis	3,701	11.0	2,856		12.7	324	12.0	521	6.2
Special education	1,607	4.8	258		1.1	238	8.8	1,111	13.2

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/secondary	23,203	69.0	14,909		66.2	2,012	74.5	6,282	74.7
Montessori	2,754	8.2	2,608		11.6	‡	‡	135	1.6
Special program emphasis	894	2.7	489		2.2	95	3.5	311	3.7
Special education	1,844	5.5	302		1.3	256	9.5	1,286	15.3
Vocational/technical	‡	‡	‡		‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
Alternative	907	2.7	215		1.0	320	11.8	372	4.4
Early childhood	4,009	11.9	3,988		17.7	†	†	‡	‡

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	16,237	48.3	12,572		55.9	819	30.3	2,846	33.8
50–149	7,730	23.0	4,790		21.3	521	19.3	2,419	28.8
150–299	5,350	15.9	3,445		15.3	461	17.1	1,444	17.2
300–499	2,439	7.3	1,297		5.8	372	13.8	770	9.2
500–749	1,119	3.3	350		1.6	289	10.7	480	5.7
750 or more	743	2.2	56		0.2	239	8.8	449	5.3

Region
Northeast	7,363	21.9	4,787		21.3	861	31.9	1,715	20.4
Midwest	9,523	28.3	7,670		34.1	569	21.1	1,284	15.3
South	10,272	30.6	5,625		25.0	660	24.4	3,987	47.4
West	6,461	19.2	4,427		19.7	611	22.6	1,423	16.9

Urbanicity type
City	10,632	31.6	6,977		31.0	1,124	41.6	2,531	30.1
Suburban	12,108	36.0	8,229		36.6	922	34.1	2,958	35.2
Town	2,892	8.6	1,883		8.4	189	7.0	819	9.7
Rural	7,987	23.8	5,419	!	24.1	467	17.3	2,101	25.0
† Not applicable.
‡ 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, missing values in cells with too few sample cases, or sample cases with a CV of 50 percent or more. 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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