Top Michigan Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2020-21 school year, there are 697 top religiously affiliated private schools in Michigan (74% of all schools), serving 125,844 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Roman Catholic (34% of schools), Christian (17% of schools) and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (13% of schools).

Top Michigan Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2020-21)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • African Methodist Episcopal
    7 Schools
    1,091 Students
    11.47% Minority
  • Amish
    2 Schools
    46 Students
    - Minority
  • Assembly of God
    3 Schools
    430 Students
    19.25% Minority
  • Baptist
    57 Schools
    5,145 Students
    17.31% Minority
  • Brethren
    3 Schools
    125 Students
    - Minority
  • Calvinist
    23 Schools
    7,844 Students
    14.16% Minority
  • Christian
    117 Schools
    23,201 Students
    14.32% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    2 Schools
    39 Students
    - Minority
  • Church of the Nazarene
    5 Schools
    444 Students
    14.95% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    1 Schools
    119 Students
    - Minority
  • Islamic
    14 Schools
    2,809 Students
    25.81% Minority
  • Jewish
    17 Schools
    3,335 Students
    3.24% Minority
  • Latter Day Saints
    1 Schools
    35 Students
    14.29% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    89 Schools
    12,716 Students
    9.58% Minority
  • Mennonite
    6 Schools
    255 Students
    0.42% Minority
  • Methodist
    7 Schools
    326 Students
    13.04% Minority
  • Other
    9 Schools
    1,082 Students
    13.35% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    6 Schools
    404 Students
    6.47% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    1 Schools
    6 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    3 Schools
    297 Students
    1.26% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    240 Schools
    59,565 Students
    14.62% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    48 Schools
    4,182 Students
    27.43% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    36 Schools
    2,348 Students
    8.27% Minority
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