Percentage of private schools that charged tuition, percentage of schools charging tuition that allowed tuition reductions, and average full tuition at each school level, by selected school characteristics: 2007

Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS)

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Percentage of private schools that charged tuition, percentage of schools charging tuition that allowed tuition reductions, and average full tuition at each school level, by selected school characteristics: 2007–08

Selected school characteristic	Total number of schools	Percent that charged tuition	Of schools that charged tuition
			Percent of schools that allowed reductions	Average full tuition
			Percent of schools that allowed reductions	Elementary	Secondary		Combined
All private schools	28,220	93.4	90.4	$5,400	$13,500		$9,200

School classification
Catholic	7,400	98.5	97.0	4,200	7,500		12,500
Other religious	13,950	92.5	93.6	4,300	9,600		4,900
Nonsectarian	6,860	89.7	75.7	9,500	26,000		19,700

Community type
Central City	9,780	96.3	91.8	5,900	10,300		10,500
Urban	13,610	94.9	91.4	5,700	15,000		10,300
Rural	4,830	83.2	83.9	2,800	20,500	!	4,300

School level
Elementary	16,370	94.6	92.1	5,400	†		†
Secondary	3,040	93.8	85.8	†	13,500		†
Combined	8,810	90.9	88.7	†	†		9,200

Student enrollment
Less than 100	13,610	87.3	84.2	5,100	16,800		9,100
100–199	5,720	98.1	93.7	5,400	12,500		9,700
200–499	6,650	99.5	96.4	5,700	13,000		7,800
500–749	1,390	100.0	97.7	6,200	10,400		10,300
750 or more	850	100.0	96.4	5,600	8,000		11,900
† Not applicable.
! Interpret data with caution. The standard error for this estimate is equal to 30 percent or more of the estimate's value.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS), "Private School Data File," 2007–08.

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