The purpose of this study is to compare the physical fitness status of urban and rural male students: in the case of Yeduha general higher education preparatory school. Mixed design was employed in the study. The study was used mixed approaches. The sample of the study was selected through systematic random sampling and comprehensive techniques. The sample sizes of the study were 50 urban male students and 50 rural male students and three physical education teachers. The data were collected through physical fitness test, questionnaire and interview. The collected data is being analyzed by statistical procedure arithmetic mean, standard deviation, standard error of mean and independent sample “t” test. The analyzed data result indicated that there were significant differences between urban and rural male students on physical fitness components. The comparative analysis of each selected physical fitness components between urban and rural male students cardiovascular endurance mean 78.32bpm and 73.18bpm, standard deviation 4.91bpm and 2.28bpm respectively, body composition mean 25.17kg/m 2 and 22.48kg/m, 2 standard deviation 2.57kg/m 2 and 2.16kg/m 2 respectively, flexibility mean 4.52cm and 3.14 cm, standard deviation 3.09cm and 2.02cm respectively, speed mean 11.11sec., and 9.50sec., standard deviation 1.21sec., and 0.56sec., respectively and agility mean 16.20sec., and 16.95sec., standard deviation 1.41sec., and 1.67sec., respectively. In this study urban male students have a greater performance in flexibility and agility than rural male students due to the superiority of urban male students’ life style. The rural male students have better cardiovascular endurance, body composition and speed than urban male students due to their regular involvement in various activity after school to help their families like shepherding, fetching water, other farming activity, traveling from home to school and vice-versa.