Listed below are counties with the lowest average private school acceptance rate (2025).
The most selective county for private school acceptance rate is Santa Barbara County, CA with an average acceptance rate of 67%.
The least selective county for private school acceptance rate is District Of Columbia, DC with an average acceptance rate of 47%.
Acceptance Rate Range: 47%
90%
Avg. Acceptance Rate: 81%
Lowest Private School Acceptance Rate By County (2025)
County
Average Acceptance Rate
(Total / High Schools / Elementary)
(Total / High Schools / Elementary)
Most Selective Schools
(Acceptance Rate)
(Acceptance Rate)
Rank: #1-21-2.
67% / 78% / 81%
Rank: #1-21-2.
67% / 73% / 76%
- Newark Academy (22%)
- Growing Garden Preschool & Kindergarten (25%)
- The Montessori Childrens Academy (25%)
- Our Lady Of Sorrows School (25%)
- St. Michael School (25%)
- Glenview Academy (60%)
- The Gramon School (60%)
- Montclair Cooperative School (60%)
- Immaculate Conception High School (71%)
- St. Thomas The Apostle School (75%)
Rank: #3-53-5.
65% / 80% / 79%
Rank: #3-53-5.
65% / 73% / 76%
Rank: #3-53-5.
65% / 83% / 89%
Rank: #6-76-7.
63% / 78% / 78%
- Paideia School (17%)
- Holy Innocents' Episcopal School (18%)
- Blessed Trinity Catholic High School (19%)
- Fulton Science Academy Private School (20%)
- The Children's School (24%)
- Arlington Christian School (25%)
- Atlanta Montessori International School - Druid Hills Campus (25%)
- The Galloway School (25%)
- Light Of The World Of Atlanta (25%)
- The Lovett School (25%)
Rank: #6-76-7.
63% / 72% / 74%
Rank: #8-98-9.
62% / 81% / 80%
Rank: #8-98-9.
62% / 78% / 78%
- Cumming First United Methodist Church Preschool (25%)
- Pinecrest Academy (25%)
- Sunshine STEM Academy (35%)
- Milton Montessori School at Kelly Mill (70%)
- Fideles Christian School (75%)
- Covenant Christian Academy (80%)
- Horizon Christian Academy (80%)
- McGinnis Woods School (80%)
- Friendship Christian School (90%)
Rank: #10-1110-11.
61% / 65% / 71%
Rank: #10-1110-11.
61% / 80% / 79%
Rank: #12-1612-16.
59% / 81% / 84%
Rank: #12-1612-16.
59% / 62% / 73%
Rank: #12-1612-16.
59% / 70% / 76%
- Phillips Exeter Academy (18%)
- Longview School (25%)
- Over The Rainbow Preschool (25%)
- Building Block Commons (30%)
- Amesbury Seventh-day Adventist School (50%)
- Hampstead Academy (65%)
- Jesse Remington High School (80%)
- Londonderry KinderCare (80%)
- Coe-brown Northwood Academy (85%)
- St. Joseph Regional Catholic School (95%)
Rank: #12-1612-16.
59% / 70% / 76%
Rank: #12-1612-16.
59% / 72% / 74%
Rank: #1717.
58% / 78% / 81%
- The Compass School (15%)
- San Francisco Friends School (15%)
- Lycee Francais de San Francisco LFSF (20%)
- Chinese American International School (22%)
- The Hamlin School (22%)
- San Francisco University High School (23%)
- St. Ignatius College Preparatory (25%)
- San Francisco School (25%)
- Katherine Delmar Burke School (Burke's) (28%)
- Katherine Michiels School (30%)
Rank: #1818.
57% / 67% / 74%
Rank: #1919.
48% / 62% / 73%
Rank: #2020.
47% / 41% / 44%
- Maret School (15%)
- Sidwell Friends School (15%)
- Washington International School (15%)
- Holy Trinity School (16%)
- Georgetown Day School (24%)
- Capitol Hill Day School (25%)
- Dupont Park Adventist School (25%)
- Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital (25%)
- St. Francis Xavier Catholic Academyool (25%)
- St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School (25%)
Frequently Asked Questions
What counties have the private schools with the highest acceptance rate?
The counties with the highest acceptance rate are Santa Barbara, CA (67% average acceptance rate), Essex, NJ (67% average acceptance rate) and Durham, NC (65% average acceptance rate).
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