Top Minnesota Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2019-20 school year, there are 444 top religiously affiliated private schools in Minnesota (71% of all schools), serving 75,327 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Roman Catholic (45% of schools), Christian (14% of schools) and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (14% of schools).

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

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • Assembly of God
    1 Schools
    62 Students
    12.50% Minority
  • Baptist
    20 Schools
    1,921 Students
    13.16% Minority
  • Brethren
    5 Schools
    114 Students
    - Minority
  • Calvinist
    4 Schools
    433 Students
    4.76% Minority
  • Christian
    64 Schools
    9,724 Students
    10.21% Minority
  • Church of the Nazarene
    1 Schools
    107 Students
    10.29% Minority
  • Episcopal
    2 Schools
    1,613 Students
    25.97% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    6 Schools
    427 Students
    14.11% Minority
  • Friends
    1 Schools
    172 Students
    18.55% Minority
  • Islamic
    1 Schools
    379 Students
    59.15% Minority
  • Jewish
    6 Schools
    616 Students
    4.57% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    61 Schools
    6,180 Students
    7.99% Minority
  • Mennonite
    1 Schools
    29 Students
    - Minority
  • Other
    2 Schools
    233 Students
    5.52% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    11 Schools
    733 Students
    5.68% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    7 Schools
    235 Students
    58.51% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    198 Schools
    48,006 Students
    16.86% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    14 Schools
    393 Students
    56.33% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    39 Schools
    3,950 Students
    7.82% Minority
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