Number of private schools, by community type and religious or nonsectarian orientation: 1989–90, 1999–2000, and 2005–06
	All community types				Central city
Religious or nonsectarian orientation	1989–90	1999–2000	2005–06		1989–90	1999–2000	2005–06
Total	26,712	27,223	28,996		10,427	10,825	9,651
Catholic	9,051	8,102	7,634		4,354	3,737	3,173
Assembly of God	531	486	379		144	163	98
Baptist	2,221	2,109	2,511		735	712	527
Christian (no specific denomination)	2,449	3,611	4,338		673	1,183	1,114
Episcopal	358	378	334		188	226	166
Islamic	‡	152	202		‡	109	116
Jewish	613	691	853		373	430	480
Lutheran	1,680	1,650	1,632		647	601	560
Pentecostal	338	472	410		121	186	115
Seventh-Day Adventist	1,293	951	883		402	316	245
All other religious	3,386	2,732	2,903		929	623	530
Nonsectarian	4,791	5,890	6,916		1,862	2,538	2,527
‡ Reporting standards not met.
NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding or missing values in cells with too few sample cases.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 1989–90, 1999–2000, and 2005–06.