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Private School Universe Survey, 2007-08

Published by National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) | Department of Education | Metadata Last Checked: June 28, 2025 | Last Modified: 2023-07-10T15:34:08.513062
The Private School Universe Survey, 2007-08 (PSS 2007-08), is a study that is part of the Private School Universe Survey program. PSS 2007-08 (https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/) is a cross-sectional survey that builds an accurate and complete universe of private schools to serve as a sampling frame for NCES surveys of private schools and generates biennial data on the total number of private schools, teachers, and students. The study was conducted using surveys of administrative personnel. The study's response rate was 91.8 percent. Key statistics produced from PSS 2007-08 are 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.

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