Title page
Contents
Introduction 8
Selected Findings 9
References 11
Appendix A. Glossary 33
Appendix B. Technical Notes 38
Appendix C. Standard Error Tables 47
Table 1. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 13
Table 2. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by religious or nonsectarian orientation of school: United States, 2017-18 14
Table 3. Percentage distribution of private schools within selected school characteristics, by program emphasis: United States, 2017-18 15
Table 4. Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by urbanicity type and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 16
Table 5. Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by urbanicity type and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 17
Table 6. Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by grade and private school typology: United States, 2017-18 19
Table 7. Average private school size, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 20
Table 8. Number and percentage distribution of private schools within selected school characteristics, by school size: United States, 2017-18 21
Table 9. Percentage distribution of private school students within selected school characteristics, by racial/ethnic background: United States, 2017-18 23
Table 10. Percentage male enrollment in private schools and percentage distribution of private schools within selected school characteristics, by coeducational category: United States, 2017-18 24
Table 11. Number and percentage distribution of private school teachers (headcount) within selected school characteristics, by work status: United States, 2017-18 25
Table 12. Pupil/teacher ratio of private schools, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 27
Table 13. Percentage of private schools with 12th-graders, number of graduates, graduation rate, and percentage of graduates who attended 4-year colleges, by selected school characteristics:... 28
Table 14. Number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by school membership in private school associations: United States, 2017-18 30
Table 15. Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2016-17 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2017-18 31
Table B-1. Number of responding and nonresponding schools, out-of-scope cases, and school response rate, by frame: 2017-18 40
Table B-2. Summary of 2017-18 PSS nonresponse bias statistics 43
Table C-1. Standard errors for Table 1: Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by selected school characteristics: United States,... 48
Table C-2. Standard errors for Table 2: Number and percentage distribution of private schools, students, and full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, by religious or nonsectarian orientation of school:... 49
Table C-3. Standard errors for Table 3: Percentage distribution of private schools within selected school characteristics, by program emphasis: United States, 2017-18 50
Table C-4. Standard errors for Table 4: Number and percentage distribution of private schools, by urbanicity type and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 51
Table C-5. Standard errors for Table 5: Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by urbanicity type and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 52
Table C-6. Standard errors for Table 6: Number and percentage distribution of private school students, by grade and private school typology: United States, 2017-18 53
Table C-7. Standard errors for Table 7: Average private school size, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 54
Table C-8. Standard errors for Table 8: Number and percentage distribution of private schools within selected school characteristics, by school size: United States, 2017-18 55
Table C-9. Standard errors for Table 9: Percentage distribution of private school students within selected school characteristics, by racial/ethnic background: United States, 2017-18 56
Table C-10. Standard errors for Table 10: Percentage male enrollment in private schools and percentage distribution of private schools within selected school characteristics, by coeducational... 57
Table C-11. Standard errors for Table 11: Number and percentage distribution of private school teachers (headcount) within selected school characteristics, by work status: United States, 2017-18 58
Table C-12. Standard errors for Table 12: Pupil/teacher ratio of private schools, by school level and selected school characteristics: United States, 2017-18 60
Table C-13. Standard errors for Table 13: Percentage of private schools with 12th-graders, number of graduates, graduation rate, and percentage of graduates who attended 4-year colleges,... 61
Table C-14. Standard errors for Table 14: Number of private schools, students, and teachers (headcount), by school membership in private school associations: United States, 2017-18 62
Table C-15. Standard errors for Table 15: Number of private schools, students, full-time equivalent (FTE) teachers, and 2016-17 high school graduates, by state: United States, 2017-18 63