How many private schools, students, and teachers are there?
In the 2007-08 school year there were 33,740 private schools, enrolling 5,072,451 students and employing 456,266 full-time-equivalent teachers in the United States. For more information on the number of schools and their characteristics see Characteristics of Private Schools in the United States: Results From the 2007-08 Private School Universe Survey (NCES 2009-313).
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