Top Florida Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2020 school year, there are 1416 top religiously affiliated private schools in Florida (60% of all schools), serving 277,628 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (35% of schools), Roman Catholic (16% of schools) and Baptist (15% of schools).

Top Florida Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2020)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • African Methodist Episcopal
    2 Schools
    225 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Assembly of God
    41 Schools
    8,090 Students
    54.06% Minority
  • Baptist
    211 Schools
    35,285 Students
    38.66% Minority
  • Brethren
    2 Schools
    163 Students
    38.89% Minority
  • Calvinist
    4 Schools
    1,414 Students
    18.33% Minority
  • Christian
    499 Schools
    72,071 Students
    40.92% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    6 Schools
    1,534 Students
    39.41% Minority
  • Church of God
    26 Schools
    2,953 Students
    65.91% Minority
  • Church of God in Christ
    1 Schools
    24 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Church of the Nazarene
    8 Schools
    785 Students
    48.26% Minority
  • Disciples of Christ
    1 Schools
    341 Students
    76.67% Minority
  • Episcopal
    46 Schools
    14,723 Students
    17.38% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    5 Schools
    1,116 Students
    13.13% Minority
  • Friends
    1 Schools
    489 Students
    10.56% Minority
  • Islamic
    15 Schools
    3,414 Students
    40.88% Minority
  • Jewish
    60 Schools
    11,736 Students
    12.55% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    41 Schools
    9,026 Students
    26.65% Minority
  • Mennonite
    2 Schools
    74 Students
    4.29% Minority
  • Methodist
    38 Schools
    5,427 Students
    24.50% Minority
  • Other
    29 Schools
    3,055 Students
    39.86% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    3 Schools
    143 Students
    45.78% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    49 Schools
    3,612 Students
    70.44% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    34 Schools
    7,550 Students
    22.51% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    223 Schools
    86,768 Students
    47.50% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    56 Schools
    5,457 Students
    78.05% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    13 Schools
    2,153 Students
    31.05% Minority
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