Top New York Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2019-20 school year, there are 1382 top religiously affiliated private schools in New York (66% of all schools), serving 383,040 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Roman Catholic (43% of schools), Jewish (26% of schools) and Christian (9% of schools).

Top New York Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2019-20)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • African Methodist Episcopal
    1 Schools
    47 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Amish
    10 Schools
    324 Students
    - Minority
  • Assembly of God
    14 Schools
    1,785 Students
    71.25% Minority
  • Baptist
    69 Schools
    4,568 Students
    38.40% Minority
  • Brethren
    3 Schools
    99 Students
    53.26% Minority
  • Christian
    121 Schools
    12,365 Students
    37.46% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    2 Schools
    110 Students
    65.00% Minority
  • Church of God
    7 Schools
    564 Students
    87.88% Minority
  • Church of God in Christ
    2 Schools
    101 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Episcopal
    16 Schools
    3,771 Students
    31.85% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    8 Schools
    1,291 Students
    60.19% Minority
  • Friends
    7 Schools
    3,049 Students
    26.41% Minority
  • Greek Orthodox
    12 Schools
    3,250 Students
    8.08% Minority
  • Islamic
    32 Schools
    5,367 Students
    60.92% Minority
  • Jewish
    354 Schools
    141,788 Students
    2.88% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    33 Schools
    4,264 Students
    43.42% Minority
  • Mennonite
    25 Schools
    699 Students
    5.39% Minority
  • Methodist
    1 Schools
    16 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Other
    11 Schools
    830 Students
    33.64% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    3 Schools
    295 Students
    52.23% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    17 Schools
    833 Students
    71.41% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    4 Schools
    527 Students
    61.04% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    596 Schools
    193,849 Students
    41.62% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    34 Schools
    3,248 Students
    95.96% Minority
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