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Best North Carolina Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 523 religiously affiliated private schools serving 96,767 students in North Carolina (60% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $10,546, which is lower than the North Carolina private school average tuition cost of $13,273.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (32% of schools), Baptist (28% of schools) and Catholic (9% of schools).

Top Ranked North Carolina Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
1
27
-
11
2,960
18%
146
25,406
20%
49
14,518
22%
168
33,814
21%
12
3,361
25%
5
724
19%
6
1,038
59%
3
512
2%
5
111
25%
16
1,213
33%
30
5,643
22%
14
980
33%
7
2,372
12%

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