Top Minnesota Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2021 school year, there are 451 top religiously affiliated private schools in Minnesota (70% of all schools), serving 74,524 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Roman Catholic (44% of schools), Christian (16% of schools) and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (13% of schools).

Top Minnesota Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2021)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • African Methodist Episcopal
    7 Schools
    1,102 Students
    17.94% Minority
  • Assembly of God
    1 Schools
    62 Students
    12.50% Minority
  • Baptist
    17 Schools
    915 Students
    16.11% Minority
  • Brethren
    5 Schools
    113 Students
    - Minority
  • Calvinist
    4 Schools
    115 Students
    6.53% Minority
  • Christian
    70 Schools
    11,210 Students
    12.95% Minority
  • Episcopal
    2 Schools
    1,572 Students
    25.97% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    6 Schools
    307 Students
    12.68% Minority
  • Friends
    1 Schools
    158 Students
    10.71% Minority
  • Islamic
    3 Schools
    536 Students
    59.06% Minority
  • Jewish
    7 Schools
    862 Students
    29.68% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    59 Schools
    5,631 Students
    9.16% Minority
  • Mennonite
    1 Schools
    31 Students
    - Minority
  • Other
    1 Schools
    356 Students
    19.64% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    12 Schools
    773 Students
    6.17% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    6 Schools
    224 Students
    52.47% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    197 Schools
    46,409 Students
    18.03% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    15 Schools
    416 Students
    56.32% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    37 Schools
    3,732 Students
    7.26% Minority
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