Number of students in private schools, by religious orientation and community type: 1989–90 through 2005–06
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.