Top Michigan Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2019-20 school year, there are 687 top religiously affiliated private schools in Michigan (76% of all schools), serving 123,512 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Roman Catholic (35% of schools), Christian (16% of schools) and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (13% of schools).

Top Michigan Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2019-20)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • Amish
    3 Schools
    91 Students
    - Minority
  • Assembly of God
    3 Schools
    466 Students
    19.20% Minority
  • Baptist
    59 Schools
    5,059 Students
    19.75% Minority
  • Brethren
    2 Schools
    59 Students
    - Minority
  • Calvinist
    28 Schools
    8,684 Students
    9.42% Minority
  • Christian
    112 Schools
    21,663 Students
    14.84% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    2 Schools
    39 Students
    - Minority
  • Church of the Nazarene
    5 Schools
    399 Students
    8.52% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    1 Schools
    119 Students
    - Minority
  • Islamic
    10 Schools
    2,033 Students
    18.33% Minority
  • Jewish
    16 Schools
    2,899 Students
    0.10% Minority
  • Latter Day Saints
    2 Schools
    107 Students
    15.79% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    92 Schools
    13,145 Students
    8.64% Minority
  • Mennonite
    5 Schools
    230 Students
    1.76% Minority
  • Methodist
    7 Schools
    330 Students
    11.98% Minority
  • Other
    6 Schools
    1,158 Students
    10.46% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    7 Schools
    495 Students
    7.14% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    2 Schools
    370 Students
    16.67% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    2 Schools
    233 Students
    1.44% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    239 Schools
    60,193 Students
    13.77% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    47 Schools
    3,518 Students
    29.83% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    37 Schools
    2,222 Students
    8.14% Minority
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