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Number of students in private schools, by religious orientation and community type: 1989–90 through 2005–06 | |||||||||
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Religious orientation and community type | 1989–90 | 1991–92 | 1993–94 | 1995–96 | 1997–98 | 1999–2000 | 2001–02 | 2003–04 | 2005–06 |
All | 4,838,497 | 4,897,812 | 4,836,442 | 5,032,200 | 5,076,119 | 5,162,684 | 5,341,513 | 5,122,772 | 5,057,520 |
Central city | 2,395,990 | 2,498,217 | 2,326,010 | 2,492,539 | 2,472,859 | 2,540,516 | 2,276,808 | 2,182,282 | 2,107,312 |
Urban fringe/large town | 1,608,752 | 1,653,431 | 1,691,271 | 1,968,029 | 2,018,085 | 2,051,094 | 2,276,823 | 2,291,408 | 2,209,744 |
Rural/small town | 833,755 | 746,164 | 819,161 | 571,632 | 585,175 | 571,074 | 787,882 | 649,082 | 740,464 |
Catholic and other religious | 4,198,964 | 4,173,520 | 4,117,681 | 4,262,996 | 4,279,147 | 4,354,620 | 4,440,398 | 4,200,778 | 4,130,856 |
Central city | 2,118,804 | 2,163,149 | 2,013,509 | 2,134,820 | 2,099,236 | 2,163,848 | 1,887,999 | 1,779,752 | 1,738,873 |
Urban fringe/large town | 1,401,715 | 1,411,763 | 1,449,923 | 1,671,115 | 1,718,351 | 1,737,038 | 1,923,562 | 1,914,548 | 1,830,758 |
Rural/small town | 678,444 | 598,608 | 654,249 | 457,061 | 461,559 | 453,735 | 628,838 | 506,479 | 561,225 |
Catholic | 2,637,473 | 2,593,939 | 2,488,101 | 2,519,205 | 2,514,699 | 2,511,040 | 2,515,524 | 2,365,220 | 2,246,240 |
Central city | 1,421,453 | 1,419,948 | 1,293,529 | 1,325,035 | 1,309,795 | 1,293,629 | 1,142,738 | 1,102,251 | 1,035,873 |
Urban fringe/large town | 877,879 | 867,291 | 885,374 | 995,863 | 1,006,623 | 1,022,949 | 1,140,523 | 1,083,579 | 1,021,866 |
Rural/small town | 338,141 | 306,700 | 309,198 | 198,307 | 198,281 | 194,463 | 232,263 | 179,390 | 188,500 |
Other religious | 1,561,491 | 1,579,581 | 1,629,581 | 1,743,791 | 1,764,447 | 1,843,580 | 1,924,874 | 1,835,559 | 1,884,616 |
Central city | 697,351 | 743,201 | 719,981 | 809,785 | 789,441 | 870,219 | 745,261 | 677,500 | 703,000 |
Urban fringe/large town | 523,836 | 544,472 | 564,549 | 675,252 | 711,728 | 714,090 | 783,038 | 830,969 | 808,892 |
Rural/small town | 340,303 | 291,908 | 345,051 | 258,754 | 263,278 | 259,272 | 396,575 | 327,089 | 372,724 |
Nonsectarian | 639,533 | 724,292 | 718,761 | 769,204 | 796,972 | 808,063 | 901,114 | 921,993 | 926,664 |
Central city | 277,186 | 335,068 | 312,501 | 357,719 | 373,623 | 376,668 | 388,809 | 402,531 | 368,438 |
Urban fringe/large town | 207,037 | 241,669 | 241,348 | 296,914 | 299,734 | 314,056 | 353,262 | 376,859 | 378,986 |
Rural/small town | 155,310 | 147,555 | 164,912 | 114,571 | 123,616 | 117,340 | 159,044 | 142,603 | 179,240 |
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989–90 through 2005–06. |
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