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Best New York Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 1,153 religiously affiliated private schools serving 322,492 students in New York (63% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $14,053, which is lower than the New York private school average tuition cost of $22,334.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (39% of schools), Jewish (28% of schools) and Christian (9% of schools).

Top Ranked New York Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
14
307
-
58
3,599
37%
1
57
98%
1
144
14%
453
145,170
41%
104
10,704
53%
13
3,723
32%
6
2,830
25%
30
5,420
70%
326
135,667
20%
24
676
100%
19
3,032
23%
10
725
49%

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