Top New York Religiously Affiliated Schools

For the 2021 school year, there are 1312 top religiously affiliated private schools in New York (65% of all schools), serving 359,030 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 (2021)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • African Methodist Episcopal
    5 Schools
    1,236 Students
    36.17% Minority
  • Amish
    5 Schools
    164 Students
    - Minority
  • Assembly of God
    10 Schools
    855 Students
    53.52% Minority
  • Baptist
    64 Schools
    4,296 Students
    44.65% Minority
  • Brethren
    2 Schools
    97 Students
    50.52% Minority
  • Calvinist
    1 Schools
    23 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Christian
    119 Schools
    12,043 Students
    44.04% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    2 Schools
    104 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
    15 Schools
    3,704 Students
    32.91% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    7 Schools
    1,172 Students
    47.25% Minority
  • Friends
    5 Schools
    2,833 Students
    24.56% Minority
  • Greek Orthodox
    13 Schools
    2,988 Students
    10.61% Minority
  • Islamic
    31 Schools
    6,039 Students
    68.64% Minority
  • Jewish
    342 Schools
    132,955 Students
    2.60% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    32 Schools
    3,723 Students
    42.22% Minority
  • Mennonite
    23 Schools
    648 Students
    5.72% Minority
  • Other
    6 Schools
    427 Students
    11.98% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    3 Schools
    372 Students
    86.71% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    13 Schools
    755 Students
    49.20% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    3 Schools
    480 Students
    61.63% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    570 Schools
    180,480 Students
    42.77% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    33 Schools
    3,038 Students
    96.33% Minority
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