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| Table 205.90. | Private elementary and secondary schools and enrollment, percentage distribution of private schools and enrollment, and private schools and enrollment as a percentage of total public and private schools and enrollment, by locale: 2009-10 and 2019-20 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Locale | Number of private schools | Private school enrollment | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | Percentage distribution | Percent of total public and private schools |
Enrollment | Percentage distribution | Percent of total public and private enrollment |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2009-10 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 33,370 | (834) | 100.0 | (†) | 25.2 | (0.47) | 5,488,490 | (35,857) | 100.0 | (†) | 10.1 | (0.06) | ||||||
| City | 10,810 | (171) | 32.4 | (0.88) | 29.6 | (0.33) | 2,252,780 | (12,708) | 41.0 | (0.31) | 13.5 | (0.07) | ||||||
| Large | 5,720 | (157) | 17.1 | (0.59) | 30.2 | (0.58) | 1,295,770 | (12,556) | 23.6 | (0.25) | 14.7 | (0.12) | ||||||
| Midsize | 2,330 | (43) | 7.0 | (0.21) | 29.0 | (0.38) | 467,450 | (3,255) | 8.5 | (0.08) | 12.8 | (0.08) | ||||||
| Small | 2,770 | (53) | 8.3 | (0.25) | 28.8 | (0.40) | 489,560 | (2,569) | 8.9 | (0.07) | 11.7 | (0.05) | ||||||
Suburban |
11,610 | (176) | 34.8 | (0.94) | 30.0 | (0.32) | 2,137,800 | (20,891) | 39.0 | (0.34) | 11.2 | (0.10) | ||||||
| Large | 10,100 | (168) | 30.3 | (0.82) | 31.1 | (0.36) | 1,906,300 | (19,948) | 34.7 | (0.31) | 11.8 | (0.11) | ||||||
| Midsize | 830 | (17) | 2.5 | (0.08) | 23.1 | (0.36) | 133,270 | (3,597) | 2.4 | (0.06) | 7.8 | (0.19) | ||||||
| Small | 670 | (58) | 2.0 | (0.18) | 26.4 | (1.68) | 98,230 | (5,743) | 1.8 | (0.11) | 8.9 | (0.47) | ||||||
Town |
3,340 | (154) | 10.0 | (0.50) | 19.3 | (0.72) | 387,920 | (9,565) | 7.1 | (0.17) | 6.2 | (0.14) | ||||||
| Fringe | 380 | (29) | 1.2 | (0.09) | 16.6 | (1.05) | 48,310 | (926) | 0.9 | (0.02) | 4.8 | (0.09) | ||||||
| Distant | 1,660 | (154) | 5.0 | (0.47) | 19.0 | (1.43) | 208,230 | (9,049) | 3.8 | (0.16) | 6.3 | (0.26) | ||||||
| Remote | 1,300 | (105) | 3.9 | (0.32) | 20.6 | (1.32) | 131,380 | (3,313) | 2.4 | (0.06) | 6.6 | (0.16) | ||||||
Rural |
7,610 | (799) | 22.8 | (1.86) | 19.2 | (1.63) | 709,990 | (26,462) | 12.9 | (0.42) | 5.6 | (0.20) | ||||||
| Fringe | 3,940 | (153) | 11.8 | (0.43) | 23.1 | (0.69) | 498,680 | (10,578) | 9.1 | (0.18) | 6.4 | (0.13) | ||||||
| Distant | 2,910 | (740) | 8.7 | (2.02) | 19.9 | (4.08) | 168,250 | (23,189) | 3.1 | (0.41) | 4.6 | (0.60) | ||||||
| Remote | 750 | (109) | 2.3 | (0.33) | 9.6 | (1.26) | 43,060 | (3,275) | 0.8 | (0.06) | 3.5 | (0.26) | ||||||
2019-20 |
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| Total | 30,490 | (192) | 100.0 | (†) | 23.6 | (0.11) | 5,485,800 | (37,869) | 100.0 | (†) | 9.8 | (0.06) | ||||||
| City | 10,440 | (172) | 34.3 | (0.49) | 27.9 | (0.33) | 2,387,380 | (33,992) | 43.5 | (0.42) | 13.4 | (0.17) | ||||||
| Large | 5,330 | (62) | 17.5 | (0.23) | 26.4 | (0.23) | 1,375,240 | (26,108) | 25.1 | (0.40) | 13.9 | (0.23) | ||||||
| Midsize | 2,350 | (152) | 7.7 | (0.48) | 29.4 | (1.34) | 492,260 | (14,951) | 9.0 | (0.26) | 13.1 | (0.35) | ||||||
| Small | 2,760 | (62) | 9.1 | (0.20) | 29.6 | (0.47) | 519,880 | (15,218) | 9.5 | (0.25) | 12.4 | (0.32) | ||||||
Suburban |
11,670 | (147) | 38.3 | (0.39) | 27.4 | (0.25) | 2,203,740 | (17,806) | 40.2 | (0.30) | 10.0 | (0.07) | ||||||
| Large | 10,200 | (110) | 33.5 | (0.32) | 28.3 | (0.22) | 1,976,100 | (15,602) | 36.0 | (0.28) | 10.5 | (0.07) | ||||||
| Midsize | 960 | (93) | 3.1 | (0.30) | 23.1 | (1.72) | 151,290 | (7,354) | 2.8 | (0.13) | 7.7 | (0.34) | ||||||
| Small | 510 | (15) | 1.7 | (0.05) | 21.4 | (0.50) | 76,360 | (152) | 1.4 | (0.01) | 7.2 | (0.01) | ||||||
Town |
2,480 | (60) | 8.1 | (0.19) | 16.0 | (0.33) | 324,310 | (10,623) | 5.9 | (0.20) | 5.6 | (0.17) | ||||||
| Fringe | 560 | (60) | 1.8 | (0.19) | 16.3 | (1.46) | 77,010 | (10,113) | 1.4 | (0.19) | 5.2 | (0.65) | ||||||
| Distant | 1,170 | (26) | 3.8 | (0.09) | 16.0 | (0.30) | 155,600 | (4,580) | 2.8 | (0.09) | 5.7 | (0.16) | ||||||
| Remote | 740 | (20) | 2.4 | (0.07) | 15.8 | (0.36) | 91,700 | (1,328) | 1.7 | (0.03) | 5.8 | (0.08) | ||||||
Rural |
5,900 | (108) | 19.4 | (0.37) | 17.7 | (0.27) | 570,370 | (10,961) | 10.4 | (0.20) | 5.5 | (0.10) | ||||||
| Fringe | 3,120 | (77) | 10.2 | (0.27) | 21.7 | (0.42) | 400,170 | (8,621) | 7.3 | (0.16) | 6.2 | (0.13) | ||||||
| Distant | 2,330 | (76) | 7.6 | (0.24) | 18.8 | (0.50) | 140,490 | (6,770) | 2.6 | (0.12) | 4.8 | (0.22) | ||||||
| Remote | 450 | (†) | 1.5 | (0.01) | 6.8 | (†) | 29,710 | (†) | 0.5 | (#) | 2.9 | (†) | ||||||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| #Rounds to zero. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Includes special education, vocational/technical education, and alternative schools. Tabulation includes private schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Includes enrollment of private school students in prekindergarten through grade 12 in schools that offer kindergarten or higher grade. Some counts in this table are based on a census of schools in a given category rather than a sample; for these counts, standard errors are not applicable. 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), 2009-10 and 2019-20; Common Core of Data (CCD), "Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey," 2009-10 and 2019-20; and Education Demographic and Geographic Estimates (EDGE), “Public School File,” 2019-20. (This table was prepared November 2021.) |
