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Table S4-3.  Standard errors for the number and percentage distribution of students in private schools, by race/ethnicity and selected school characteristics: Fall 2005

        Minority enrollment
School characteristic Number
(in thousands)
Total
students
White Total
minority
Black Hispanic Asian/
Pacific
Islander
American
Indian/
Alaska
Native

    Total 34.3 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.04 0.04 0.01
NCES private school typology                
  Roman Catholic 8.5 0.27 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.04 0.01 #
    Parochial 6.1 0.14 0.13 0.13 0.04 0.08 0.02 0.01
    Diocesan 5.4 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.10 0.07 0.02 #
    Private 3.5 0.08 0.22 0.22 0.09 0.11 0.04 0.01
  Other religious 16.6 0.26 0.19 0.19 0.18 0.08 0.04 0.01
    Conservative Christian 7.3 0.14 0.35 0.35 0.38 0.09 0.04 0.01
    Affiliated 4.9 0.10 0.18 0.18 0.08 0.03 0.09 #
    Unaffiliated 11.4 0.20 0.48 0.48 0.27 0.31 0.10 0.02
  Nonsectarian 25.3 0.41 0.26 0.26 0.24 0.09 0.16 0.04
    Regular 21.6 0.37 0.39 0.39 0.26 0.16 0.10 0.03
    Special emphasis 7.9 0.14 0.57 0.57 0.23 0.31 0.38 0.12
    Special education 1.1 0.03 0.26 0.26 0.19 0.07 0.04 0.02
School level                
  Elementary 16.6 0.33 0.14 0.14 0.07 0.06 0.04 0.01
  Secondary 23.5 0.40 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.13 0.19 0.03
  Combined 19.1 0.32 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.09 0.06 0.02
Program emphasis                
  Regular 30.4 0.16 0.11 0.11 0.09 0.05 0.03 0.01
  Montessori 3.0 0.06 0.85 0.85 0.26 0.22 0.69 0.11
  Special program emphasis 8.1 0.15 0.21 0.21 0.13 0.10 0.12 0.14
  Special education 1.2 0.03 0.24 0.24 0.19 0.06 0.04 0.02
  Alternative 2.4 0.04 1.02 1.02 0.61 0.77 0.88 0.05
  Early childhood 0.3 0.01 0.22 0.22 0.17 0.06 0.04 0.05
Enrollment                
  Less than 50 5.7 0.11 0.75 0.75 0.41 0.32 0.15 0.05
  50–149 8.0 0.13 0.25 0.25 0.14 0.12 0.10 0.01
  150–299 9.1 0.20 0.17 0.17 0.08 0.11 0.05 #
  300–499 12.2 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.29 0.07 0.07 0.02
  500–749 21.0 0.34 0.19 0.19 0.12 0.15 0.12 0.03
  750 or more 11.0 0.21 0.13 0.13 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.02
Region                
  Northeast 6.1 0.18 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.02 #
  Midwest 16.3 0.28 0.15 0.15 0.07 0.07 0.04 0.02
  South 15.7 0.29 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.08 0.06 0.01
  West 25.0 0.41 0.45 0.45 0.13 0.28 0.10 0.03
Community type                
  City 15.1 0.27 0.18 0.18 0.16 0.07 0.06 0.01
  Suburban 17.5 0.32 0.12 0.12 0.05 0.07 0.03 0.01
  Town 5.9 0.12 0.39 0.39 0.03 0.35 0.04 0.03
  Rural 24.5 0.43 0.36 0.36 0.20 0.10 0.34 0.06

† Not applicable.

# Rounds to zero.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2005–06.

 
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