Rural high school students are much less likely than urban and suburban students to have a private school near their public school

Percent of 9th-grade public school students with at least one private school within specified number of miles

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Source: Authors' calculations using National Center for Education Statistics' Common Core of Data (CCD) and Private School Universe Survey (PSS) for 2021-22.

Note: Distance calculated "as the crow flies" using private schools available in PSS. Locale types as defined in CCD.

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