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| Total number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by membership in private school associations: United States, 2001-02 (Standard Errors for this table) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Schools | Students | Teachers |
| None | 7,882 | 772,527 | 67,603 |
| Religious | |||
| Accelerated Christian Education | 1,416 | 71,293 | 7,204 |
| American Association of Christian Schools | 1,072 | 154,209 | 12,885 |
| Association of Christian Schools International | 3,339 | 631,632 | 49,807 |
| Association of Christian Teachers and Schools | 222 | 37,060 | 3,061 |
| Christian Schools International | 401 | 97,225 | 7,126 |
| Council of Islamic Schools in North America | 41 | 5,660 | 532 |
| Evangelical Lutheran Education Association | 210 | 33,430 | 2,305 |
| Friends Council on Education | 77 | 19,421 | 2,333 |
| General Conference of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church | 688 | 46,516 | 3,519 |
| Jesuit Secondary Education Association | 46 | 40,112 | 2,726 |
| National Association of Episcopal Schools | 259 | 83,779 | 9,191 |
| National Catholic Educational Association | 7,071 | 2,231,206 | 136,849 |
| National Christian School Association | 186 | 40,263 | 3,213 |
| National Society of Hebrew Day Schools | 208 | 62,789 | 5,899 |
| Oral Roberts University Educational Fellowship | 121 | 24,446 | 2,034 |
| Solomon Schechter Day Schools | 55 | 15,495 | 1,842 |
| Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools | 142 | 32,012 | 2,696 |
| Other religious school associations | 2,640 | 506,550 | 40,379 |
| Special emphasis | |||
| American Montessori Society | 717 | 62,335 | 7,213 |
| Other Montessori associations | 612 | 44,692 | 4,939 |
| Association of Military Colleges and Schools | 31 | 9,425 | 1,021 |
| Association of Waldorf Schools of North America | 103 | 14,907 | 1,698 |
| Bilingual School Association | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Council of Bilingual Education | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| Council for Exceptional Children | 425 | 45,882 | 6,120 |
| National Association of Private Schools for Exceptional Children | 317 | 30,066 | 4,649 |
| Other associations for exceptional children | 249 | 29,073 | 4,112 |
| European Council for International Schools | 22 | 7,311 | 935 |
| National Association for the Education of Young Children | 1,014 | 180,555 | 15,338 |
| National Association of Bilingual Education | ‡ | ‡ | ‡ |
| National Association of Laboratory Schools | 17 | 5,203 | 468 |
| National Coalition of Girls' Schools | 80 | 32,740 | 4,004 |
| Other special emphasis school associations | 1,130 | 217,152 | 19,855 |
| Other school associations or organizations | |||
| Alternative School Network | 33 | 2,424 | 271 |
| Institute for Independent Education | 26 | 4,473 | 420 |
| National Association of Independent Schools | 1,015 | 455,755 | 54,604 |
| State or regional independent school association | 1,747 | 551,607 | 53,550 |
| National Coalition of Alternative Community Schools | 94 | 15,059 | 1,484 |
| National Independent Private School Association | 244 | 50,920 | 4,650 |
| The Association of Boarding Schools | 172 | 54,815 | 7,404 |
| Other school associations | 2,885 | 681,956 | 59,636 |
| ‡ Reporting standards not met. | |||
| NOTE: Private schools may belong to more than one association. | |||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2001-2002. | |||
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