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Best Alabama Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 338 religiously affiliated private schools serving 63,134 students in Alabama (74% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $10,131, which is lower than the Alabama private school average tuition cost of $11,520.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Baptist (30% of schools), Christian (27% of schools) and Catholic (11% of schools).

Top Ranked Alabama Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
100
12,222
23%
38
10,608
32%
92
17,125
29%
9
2,597
14%
4
421
20%
1
62
6%
2
117
15%
19
3,013
17%
11
2,496
39%
19
7,010
7%

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