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Best Virginia Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2026)

For the 2026 school year, there are 482 religiously affiliated private schools serving 92,355 students in Virginia (47% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $13,190, which is lower than the Virginia private school average tuition cost of $17,376.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (33% of schools), Baptist (18% of schools) and Catholic (18% of schools).

Top-Ranked Virginia Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2026)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
Assembly of God
7
601
46%
Baptist
88
11,993
34%
Brethren
2
47
13%
Catholic
86
28,451
29%
Christian
158
30,443
28%
Church of Christ
2
200
10%
Church of God
3
178
65%
Church of the Nazarene
2
529
36%
Episcopal
31
8,426
20%
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
3
626
33%
Friends
3
485
23%
Islamic
7
750
76%
Jewish
9
380
20%
Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
9
1,176
32%
Mennonite
10
1,443
5%
Methodist
11
1,509
36%
Other
15
2,582
32%
Pentecostal
10
561
67%
Presbyterian
6
809
25%
Seventh Day Adventist
18
990
60%
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
2
176
43%

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