Private School Universe Survey, 2011-12

Metadata Updated: February 7, 2023

The Private School Universe Survey, 2011-12 (PSS 2011-12), is a study that is part of the Private School Universe program. PSS 2011-12 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/) is a cross-sectional survey that collects data on private elementary and secondary schools, including religious orientation, level of school, length of school year, length of school day, total enrollment (K-12), race/ethnicity of students, number of high school graduates, number of teachers employed, program emphasis, and existence and type of kindergarten program. The study was conducted using mail questionnaires, an internet response option and telephone and personal follow-up of all private schools in the United States. The PSS universe consists of a diverse population of schools. It includes both schools with a religious orientation (e.g., Catholic, Lutheran, or Jewish) and nonsectarian schools with programs ranging from regular to special emphasis and special education. The studyÃƒÆ’Ã‚Â¯Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â¿Ãƒâ€šÃ‚Â½s response rate is 91.8 percent. Key statistics produced from PSS 2011-12 are on the number of private schools, students, and teachers, the number of high school graduates, the length of the school year and school day.

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References

https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014351.pdf
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/pdf/Questoinnaire_20112012.pdf
https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/zip/LAYOUT_PSS1112_PU.zip

Dates

Metadata Created Date	November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date	February 7, 2023
Data Update Frequency	R/P2Y

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Resource Type	Dataset
Metadata Created Date	November 10, 2020
Metadata Updated Date	February 7, 2023
Publisher	National Center for Education Statistics
Maintainer	Stephen Broughman
Identifier	NCES_2013316
Data First Published	2013-04-01
Language	en-US
Data Last Modified	2013-04-01
Public Access Level	public
Data Update Frequency	R/P2Y
Bureau Code	018:50
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Homepage URL	https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/index.asp
License	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Old Spatial	United States
Program Code	018:000
Publisher Hierarchy	U.S. Government > U.S. Department of Education > Institute of Education Sciences > National Center for Education Statistics
Related Documents	https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2014/2014351.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/pdf/Questoinnaire_20112012.pdf, https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/zip/LAYOUT_PSS1112_PU.zip
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Temporal	2011/2012

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