Top Colorado Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2020 school year, there are 254 top religiously affiliated private schools in Colorado (47% of all schools), serving 44,167 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (29% of schools), Roman Catholic (24% of schools) and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (11% of schools).

Top Colorado Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2020)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • Assembly of God
    1 Schools
    170 Students
    98.40% Minority
  • Baptist
    18 Schools
    1,384 Students
    21.93% Minority
  • Christian
    74 Schools
    13,100 Students
    17.99% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    3 Schools
    354 Students
    31.34% Minority
  • Episcopal
    2 Schools
    587 Students
    - Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    7 Schools
    842 Students
    26.53% Minority
  • Friends
    1 Schools
    52 Students
    70.00% Minority
  • Islamic
    1 Schools
    332 Students
    58.54% Minority
  • Jewish
    12 Schools
    1,739 Students
    2.85% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    29 Schools
    3,771 Students
    17.33% Minority
  • Mennonite
    2 Schools
    70 Students
    1.67% Minority
  • Methodist
    4 Schools
    468 Students
    4.48% Minority
  • Other
    3 Schools
    580 Students
    13.86% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    1 Schools
    157 Students
    21.66% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    3 Schools
    146 Students
    25.00% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    5 Schools
    726 Students
    14.40% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    60 Schools
    18,149 Students
    30.40% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    20 Schools
    1,117 Students
    28.77% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    8 Schools
    423 Students
    14.65% Minority
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