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Best Indiana Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 601 religiously affiliated private schools serving 104,341 students in Indiana (77% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $9,356, which is lower than the Indiana private school average tuition cost of $10,547.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (31% of schools), Amish (20% of schools) and Christian (15% of schools).

Top Ranked Indiana Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
118
5,162
-
46
6,339
32%
3
1,148
24%
189
54,729
26%
88
18,520
20%
1
345
32%
1
80
25%
7
1,392
48%
6
450
3%
17
1,051
26%
7
943
15%
11
819
25%
13
878
52%

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