Private School Universe Survey, 1997-98
type: Dataset
description: The 1997–98 Private School Universe Survey (PSS 1997–98) is a study that is part of the Private School Universe program; program data is available since 1989–1990 at <https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/pssdata.asp>. PSS 1997–98 (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 and telephone follow-up of all private schools in the United States. The PSS 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. Key statistics produced from PSS 1997–98 are on the number of religiously affiliated schools, the number of private high school graduates, and the number of private school students and teachers.
keyword: amerigeo
keyword: amerigeoss
keyword: ckan
keyword: geo
keyword: geoss
keyword: national
keyword: north-america
keyword: united-states
issued: 2025-11-29T09:44:33.208678
modified: 2025-11-29T09:44:33.208683
contact point: Organization
  fn: Stephen Broughman

US Migrating
type: Agent

Elementary/Secondary Information System
type: Distribution
description: The Elementary/Secondary Information System (ELSi) is an NCES web application that allows users to quickly view public and private school data and create custom tables and charts using data from the Common Core of Data (CCD) and Private School Survey (PSS)
access URL: https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/elsi/
issued: 2018-11-26T22:10:15.656104
modified: 2025-11-29T09:44:33.200427

TXT_PSS9798.zip
type: Distribution
description: 1997-98 Private School Universe Survey data as a zipped TSV file
media type: application/zip
format: Zipped TSV
access URL: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/zip/TXT_PSS9798.zip
issued: 2018-11-26T22:10:15.656123
modified: 2025-11-29T09:44:33.201003

PSS9798_SAS7BDAT.zip
type: Distribution
description: 1997-98 Private School Universe Survey data as a zipped SAS 7-formatted binary data file
media type: application/zip
format: Zipped SAS7BDAT
access URL: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/zip/PSS9798_SAS7BDAT.zip
issued: 2018-11-26T22:10:15.656127
modified: 2025-11-29T09:44:33.201713

SAV_PSS9798.zip
type: Distribution
description: 1997-98 Private School Universe Survey data as a zipped SPSS-formatted binary data file
media type: application/zip
format: Zipped SAV
access URL: https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/zip/SAV_PSS9798.zip
issued: 2018-11-26T22:10:15.656131
modified: 2025-11-29T09:44:33.202154