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Table 1.6b. | Number and percentage distribution of private elementary and secondary students and schools, by control of school and locale: 2003–04 |
Locale | Elementary and secondary students | Schools | ||||||
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Total | Catholic | Non-Catholic religious | Non-sectarian | Total | Catholic | Non-Catholic religious | Non-sectarian | |
Number | ||||||||
Total | 6,099,000 | 2,520,000 | 2,228,000 | 1,351,000 | 34,700 | 8,000 | 15,500 | 11,100 |
City | 2,592,000 | 1,160,000 | 867,000 | 565,000 | 12,100 | 3,400 | 4,600 | 4,100 |
Suburban | 2,440,000 | 1,032,000 | 848,000 | 560,000 | 12,500 | 2,900 | 4,700 | 4,900 |
Town | 446,000 | 214,000 | 175,000 | 57,400 | 3,400 | 1,100 | 1,700 | 590 |
Rural | 622,000 | 114,000 | 339,000 | 169,000 | 6,700 | 650 | 4,500 | 1,600 |
Percentage distribution | ||||||||
Total | 100.0 | 41.3 | 36.5 | 22.1 | 100.0 | 23.2 | 44.7 | 32.1 |
City | 100.0 | 44.8 | 33.4 | 21.8 | 100.0 | 27.9 | 38.4 | 33.6 |
Suburban | 100.0 | 42.3 | 34.7 | 22.9 | 100.0 | 23.5 | 37.5 | 39.1 |
Town | 100.0 | 47.9 | 39.2 | 12.9 | 100.0 | 31.7 | 50.7 | 17.6 |
Rural | 100.0 | 18.3 | 54.5 | 27.2 | 100.0 | 9.7 | 66.7 | 23.6 |
NOTE: Includes kindergarten-terminal schools, in which the highest grade is kindergarten. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2003–04. |