Top New York Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2020-21 school year, there are 1347 top religiously affiliated private schools in New York (66% of all schools), serving 368,385 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 (2020-21)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • African Methodist Episcopal
    5 Schools
    1,236 Students
    36.17% Minority
  • Amish
    11 Schools
    360 Students
    - Minority
  • Assembly of God
    11 Schools
    878 Students
    53.52% Minority
  • Baptist
    65 Schools
    4,334 Students
    44.39% Minority
  • Brethren
    2 Schools
    97 Students
    50.52% Minority
  • Calvinist
    1 Schools
    23 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Christian
    122 Schools
    12,201 Students
    44.16% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    3 Schools
    231 Students
    47.37% Minority
  • Church of God
    7 Schools
    514 Students
    96.18% Minority
  • Church of God in Christ
    1 Schools
    84 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Episcopal
    16 Schools
    3,924 Students
    32.16% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    7 Schools
    1,172 Students
    47.25% Minority
  • Friends
    6 Schools
    2,841 Students
    24.61% Minority
  • Greek Orthodox
    13 Schools
    2,988 Students
    10.61% Minority
  • Islamic
    31 Schools
    5,966 Students
    68.64% Minority
  • Jewish
    350 Schools
    140,304 Students
    2.59% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    32 Schools
    3,703 Students
    42.22% Minority
  • Mennonite
    26 Schools
    716 Students
    5.16% Minority
  • Other
    6 Schools
    427 Students
    11.98% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    3 Schools
    372 Students
    86.71% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    14 Schools
    779 Students
    49.91% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    3 Schools
    480 Students
    61.63% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    578 Schools
    181,695 Students
    42.75% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    34 Schools
    3,060 Students
    96.29% Minority
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