Number and percentage distribution of kindergarten-terminal, kindergarten students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) kindergarten teachers in private schools, by selected school characteristics: United States, 2013

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Number and percentage distribution of kindergarten-terminal, kindergarten students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) kindergarten teachers in private schools, by selected school characteristics: United States, 2013–14


School characteristic	Schools				Kindergarten students				FTE kindergarten teachers
School characteristic	Number		Percent		Number		Percent		Number		Percent

Total	5,255		100.0		72,484		100.0		13,303		100.0

Private school typology
Catholic	137	!	2.6	!	3,886	!	5.4	!	366		2.8
Parochial	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Diocesan	24		0.5		452		0.6		52		0.4
Private	54		1.0		960		1.3		166		1.3

Other religious	1,404		26.7		20,321		28.0		3,415		25.7
Conservative Christian	132		2.5		2,638		3.6		402		3.0
Other affiliated	192		3.7		2,735		3.8		511		3.8
Unaffiliated	1,080		20.5		14,949		20.6		2,501		18.8

Nonsectarian	3,714		70.7		48,277		66.6		9,522		71.6
Regular	2,427		46.2		32,939		45.4		5,367		40.3
Special emhasis	1,279		24.3		15,207		21.0		4,123		31.0
Special education	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡

School Level
Elementary	5,255		100.0		72,484		100.0		13,303		100.0
Secondary	†		†		†		†		†		†
Combined	†		†		†		†		†		†

Program emphasis
Regular elementary/secondary	0		0.0		0		0.0		0		0.0
Montessori	1,327		25.3		12,900		17.8		4,287		32.2
Special program emphasis	40		0.8		‡		4.5	!	176	!	1.3	!
Special education	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Vocational/technical	0		0.0		0		0.0		0		0.0
Alternative	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
Early childhood	3,864		73.5		56,048		77.3		8,646		65.0

Size (number of students)
Less than 50	5,129		97.6		62,086		85.7		12,656		95.1
50–149	117	!	2.2	!	6,767	!	9.3	!	489		3.7
150–299	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
300–499	‡		‡		‡		‡		‡		‡
500–749	0		0.0		0		0.0		0		0.0
750 or more	0		0.0		0		0.0		0		0.0

Region
Northeast	1,326		25.2		16,248		22.4		3,197		24.0
Midwest	983		18.7		14,381		19.8		2,360		17.7
South	1,521		29.0		19,948		27.5		4,231		31.8
West	1,425		27.1		21,907		30.2		3,515		26.4

Urbanicity type
City	1,797		34.2		26,852		37.0		5,137		38.6
Suburban	2,774		52.8		37,057		51.1		6,891		51.8
Town	410		7.8		5,962	!	8.2	!	720		5.4
Rural	274		5.2		2,613		3.6		555		4.2
† Not applicable.
! 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. Kindergarten-terminal are schools in which the highest grade is kindergarten.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2013–14.

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