Best Minnesota Private Schools with Special Program Emphasis (2025-26)

For the 2025-26 school year, there are 18 private schools with special program emphasis serving 2,948 students in Minnesota.

The top ranked with special program emphasis private schools in Minnesota include Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Twin Cities, Liberty Classical Academy, and City of Lakes Waldorf School.

The average tuition cost is $17,760, which is higher than the Minnesota private school average tuition cost of $10,210.

39% of private schools with special program emphasis in Minnesota are religiously affiliated (most commonly Catholic and Christian).

Special education schools primarily serve specific student groups such as those that may be hard of hearing, deaf, speech impaired, health impaired, orthopedically impaired, cognitive delays/impairments, seriously emotionally disturbed, multi-handicapped, visually handicapped, or deaf and blind.