Best New Hampshire Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 82 religiously affiliated private schools serving 11,386 students in New Hampshire (28% of all schools).

The average tuition cost is $13,002, which is lower than the New Hampshire private school average tuition cost of $21,051.

The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (39% of schools), Christian (24% of schools) and Baptist (12% of schools).

Mount Zion Christian Schools Photo - 2nd and 3rd grade class singing carols to their pen pals at the nursing home

Mt St. Mary Academy Photo - Mount Saint Mary Academy, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy

Heritage Christian School Photo - Heritage Christian School is a private Christian school located in Rindge, NH serving SW NH and north central Mass.

Cornerstone Christian Academy Photo - Cornerstone Christian Academy

Mount Royal Academy Photo - Mount Royal Academy has been recognized as a Catholic Education Honor Roll School. The national Honor Roll program is directed by the Cardinal Newman Society and has recognized over 300 high-performing Catholic high schools nationwide since the program`s inception in 2004.

Portsmouth Christian Academy Photo - Our beautiful 50 acre campus sits along the Bellamy River in Dover, NH, a suburb an hour outside Boston.

Holy Family Academy Photo - Household Tug-o-War!

St. Benedict Academy Photo - All students in Kindergarten through sixth grade have and use computers. In addition to our computer lab, all students in third through sixth grade have a laptop for specific and supervised educational use. Technology is meaningfully integrated in every subject at Saint Benedict Academy.

St. Paul's School Photo - Students walking to class after Chapel.

Landry Early Childhood Center at Rivier University Photo - We are proud of our highly qualified teachers and low ratios.

Top Ranked New Hampshire Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2024)

Religious Affiliation

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

Assembly of God

40%

Baptist

1,192

13%

Catholic

6,119

16%

Christian

2,128

13%

Episcopal

1,155

32%

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

154

Other

373

13%

Pentecostal

104

47%

Seventh Day Adventist

56%

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