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Best New York Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 1,153 religiously affiliated private schools serving 313,805 students in New York (63% of all schools).

The average tuition cost is $10,556, which is lower than the New York private school average tuition cost of $21,270.

The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (42% of schools), Jewish (25% of schools) and Christian (10% of schools).

A Fantis School Photo - 8th Graders visit Greece as part of a multi-year cultural exchange program.

Westbury Friends School Photo - Apples picked from our apple tree. Now on to making apple pie.

Martin Luther School Photo - Front Entrance of Martin Luther School. 60-02 Maspeth Ave. Maspeth New York 11378

Harmony Christian School Photo - Getting our gym ready for the 2018-2019 school year

The Chapel School Photo - The Chapel School Select Choir has been invited back to sing the National Anthem at a NY Mets game for the past 15 straight years!

Christ The King School Photo - A stellar education, coupled with Catholic values, is an unbeatable combination! Invest in your child today!

Iona Preparatory School Photo - Track Titles

Friends Academy Photo - The profound bond that our students and teachers form at Friends Academy is intentional and allows each student to receive highly personalized instruction. This ensures that their individual strengths are recognized and shared in the classroom, on the stage and on the field and in their life beyond.

Great Oaks Elementary School Photo - Cooking Classes

Saint Therese Classical Academy and Chesterton Academy Photo - This years dinner theater production of the original "Crazy Times at the Gut Bucket Cafe."

Rochester Christian School Photo - Open Houses

St. Marks Lutheran School Photo - St. Mark's Lutheran School offers a variety of performing arts opportunities such as Talent Night.

Calvary Chapel Academy Photo - Fun on the playground at recess

Dominican Academy Photo - Congratulations, Class of 2016! The 58 graduates include 6 National Merit Scholars and 1 National Merit Finalist! Colleges of attendance include: Cornell, Princeton, the College of William and Mary, Fordham, Villanova, and Trinity College Dublin

Top Ranked New York Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2024)

Religious Affiliation

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

African Methodist Episcopal

826

26%

Amish

335

Assembly of God

872

50%

Baptist

3,881

51%

Brethren

98%

Calvinist

327

17%

Catholic

488

158,598

42%

Christian

111

11,977

51%

Church of Christ

102

100%

Church of God

410

92%

Church of God in Christ

109

100%

Episcopal

2,722

34%

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)

1,035

55%

Friends

3,067

24%

Greek Orthodox

1,706

26%

Islamic

5,222

66%

Jewish

290

114,205

21%

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

3,452

48%

Mennonite

654

53%

Methodist

14%

Other

313

16%

Other Lutheran

285

77%

Pentecostal

621

52%

Presbyterian

482

32%

Seventh Day Adventist

2,513

96%

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