Table 55.

Private elementary and secondary enrollment, teachers, and schools, by orientation of school and selected school characteristics: Fall 2003

Selected school characteristic	Prekindergarten to grade 12 enrollment				Teachers1				Schools
	Total	Catholic	Other religious	Non- sectarian	Total	Catholic	Other religious	Non- sectarian	Total	Catholic	Other religious	Non- sectarian
1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Number
Total	6,099,221	2,520,121	2,228,234	1,350,866	440,850	153,038	167,171	120,641	34,681	8,041	15,507	11,133
Level of school
Elementary	3,569,986	1,810,163	1,051,392	708,431	214,677	101,610	67,572	45,495	23,494	6,661	9,126	7,707
Secondary	845,083	609,601	116,986	118,497	68,344	42,728	11,314	14,301	2,694	1,096	758	840
Combined	1,684,152	100,358	1,059,856	523,939	157,830	8,700	88,285	60,845	8,494	284	5,623	2,587
Type of school
Coed	5,670,372	2,265,769	2,112,766	1,291,837	403,531	133,753	156,921	112,857	33,295	7,569	15,012	10,714
All female	206,432	119,872	56,275	30,285	18,474	9,649	4,931	3,894	592	254	186	152
All male	222,417	134,480	59,193	28,744	18,844	9,636	5,318	3,890	794	218	309	267
School enrollment
Less than 50	735,506	18,003	329,748	387,755	48,220	1,549	23,537	23,134	14,911	352	7,403	7,157
50 to 149	936,871	206,563	467,055	263,253	81,722	15,951	39,453	26,318	8,329	1,667	4,323	2,339
150 to 299	1,499,155	758,128	536,653	204,373	106,367	44,815	39,954	21,598	6,327	3,206	2,264	858
300 to 499	1,232,108	691,754	365,841	174,513	84,758	40,867	26,063	17,828	3,000	1,693	884	423
500 to 749	816,250	457,147	249,242	109,862	55,442	26,087	17,885	11,469	1,298	743	381	174
750 or more	879,331	388,526	279,695	211,110	64,342	23,770	20,279	20,294	816	381	252	183
Percent minority students
None	455,747	47,361	320,788	87,598	34,037	3,286	25,429	5,322	5,805	351	3,919	1,535
1 to 9 percent	2,302,529	1,177,388	831,418	293,724	161,194	70,959	61,531	28,703	9,164	3,537	4,085	1,542
10 to 29 percent	1,745,024	613,362	563,508	568,154	135,974	39,156	43,223	53,595	8,807	1,802	3,385	3,620
30 to 49 percent	555,305	207,895	187,549	159,860	40,060	12,863	13,470	13,727	3,458	644	1,266	1,548
50 percent or more	1,040,616	474,115	324,971	241,530	69,586	26,774	23,517	19,294	7,447	1,707	2,853	2,887
Type of locale
City	2,591,721	1,160,165	866,824	564,732	185,161	70,124	64,050	50,987	12,096	3,381	4,650	4,065
Suburban	2,439,654	1,032,266	847,598	559,790	167,958	60,662	60,652	46,644	12,533	2,943	4,694	4,896
Town	446,322	213,909	174,965	57,448	34,194	14,246	13,686	6,262	3,367	1,068	1,707	592
Rural	621,525	113,781	338,848	168,896	53,537	8,006	28,783	16,748	6,686	650	4,456	1,580
	Standard errors
Total	(41,219.4)	(10,580.0)	(19,673.5)	(29,197.4)	(3,107.8)	(613.4)	(1,491.3)	(2,338.2)	(390.1)	(35.3)	(235.8)	(238.7)
Level of school
Elementary	(26,311.9)	(11,030.3)	(12,563.0)	(14,207.2)	(1,518.5)	(591.0)	(902.7)	(710.7)	(303.3)	(33.5)	(179.6)	(203.8)
Secondary	(24,240.6)	(3,888.4)	(1,536.1)	(23,852.4)	(1,743.7)	(271.9)	(191.0)	(1,709.4)	(43.2)	(5.8)	(30.9)	(30.2)
Combined	(13,205.3)	(194.5)	(11,117.3)	(6,067.0)	(1,699.2)	(19.0)	(875.8)	(1,414.8)	(151.8)	(4.7)	(92.1)	(111.3)
Type of school
Coed	(40,482.9)	(11,053.5)	(18,654.4)	(29,154.3)	(3,057.7)	(592.4)	(1,434.4)	(2,331.9)	(386.5)	(34.1)	(234.2)	(237.4)
All female	(1,931.8)	(1,892.6)	(0.0)	(387.2)	(179.3)	(175.0)	(0.0)	(38.7)	(9.1)	(4.7)	(0.0)	(7.7)
All male	(6,417.2)	(3,401.2)	(5,430.7)	(347.0)	(374.1)	(208.8)	(309.1)	(29.0)	(33.3)	(6.5)	(25.2)	(20.8)
School enrollment
Less than 50	(15,260.3)	(356.7)	(8,591.5)	(9,976.6)	(1,188.3)	(46.4)	(790.0)	(705.1)	(327.1)	(13.0)	(190.8)	(215.2)
50 to 149	(8,597.4)	(2,555.3)	(4,931.3)	(5,254.1)	(698.9)	(142.3)	(497.3)	(365.3)	(91.5)	(13.4)	(67.3)	(49.4)
150 to 299	(9,077.3)	(3,759.0)	(8,128.9)	(5,039.9)	(1,421.5)	(144.1)	(775.4)	(1,209.5)	(43.9)	(12.2)	(41.5)	(22.8)
300 to 499	(10,264.3)	(6,167.9)	(5,519.1)	(3,701.5)	(620.8)	(317.3)	(338.9)	(205.1)	(23.5)	(14.0)	(12.1)	(9.3)
500 to 749	(9,265.1)	(6,281.7)	(6,810.4)	(0.0)	(601.2)	(370.2)	(473.7)	(0.0)	(16.0)	(11.6)	(11.1)	(0.0)
750 or more	(25,564.6)	(3,396.7)	(6,873.5)	(23,922.4)	(1,755.6)	(208.1)	(365.6)	(1,688.4)	(13.4)	(3.4)	(6.6)	(10.6)
Percent minority students
None	(11,956.3)	(169.2)	(10,678.6)	(5,896.4)	(888.0)	(26.5)	(857.6)	(482.7)	(219.6)	(7.4)	(147.3)	(115.4)
1 to 9 percent	(13,616.0)	(8,626.1)	(8,345.9)	(4,416.5)	(1,408.8)	(509.1)	(544.9)	(1,143.8)	(86.7)	(27.7)	(71.3)	(29.5)
10 to 29 percent	(27,413.0)	(3,192.3)	(8,257.0)	(25,313.8)	(1,989.5)	(217.7)	(933.0)	(1,733.1)	(145.7)	(9.5)	(88.3)	(101.7)
30 to 49 percent	(7,300.4)	(0.0)	(6,449.2)	(3,423.9)	(576.5)	(0.0)	(486.0)	(231.8)	(61.5)	(0.0)	(31.3)	(49.7)
50 percent or more	(7,613.8)	(5,105.5)	(2,080.8)	(5,612.7)	(569.2)	(246.4)	(141.9)	(494.9)	(92.1)	(15.7)	(38.9)	(69.1)
Type of locale
City	(30,993.9)	(6,516.0)	(11,025.5)	(26,043.8)	(2,151.8)	(319.4)	(779.4)	(1,845.7)	(173.6)	(23.6)	(70.4)	(126.3)
Suburban	(23,337.0)	(8,306.6)	(12,817.6)	(10,120.6)	(1,332.9)	(477.8)	(882.3)	(604.1)	(181.3)	(16.9)	(91.4)	(122.0)
Town	(7,669.6)	(2,128.6)	(6,782.3)	(2,879.5)	(1,288.3)	(130.7)	(557.7)	(1,154.0)	(85.6)	(11.6)	(60.8)	(59.1)
Rural	(7,449.7)	(0.0)	(6,159.5)	(3,704.6)	(794.6)	(0.0)	(644.2)	(360.5)	(238.6)	(0.0)	(183.1)	(99.7)

1 Data reported in full-time equivalents (FTE). Excludes teachers who teach only prekindergarten students. NOTE: Includes special education, vocational/technical education, and alternative schools. Tabulation includes schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. Standard errors appear in parentheses. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2003–2004. (This table was prepared September 2006.)