Best Pennsylvania Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 1,365 religiously affiliated private schools serving 208,624 students in Pennsylvania (62% of all schools).

The average tuition cost is $8,094, which is lower than the Pennsylvania private school average tuition cost of $12,205.

The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (33% of schools), Amish (18% of schools) and Christian (15% of schools).

Westtown School Photo - The Westtown School campus includes 600 acres of land, a 14-acre lake with a beach and boathouse, and an arboretum and natural forest.

Delaware Valley Friends School Photo - The ABLE (Adventure-Based Learning Experiences) program is a hands-on, outdoor experiential education program where students learn important life skills such as teamwork, problem-solving and decision making.

Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School Photo

Sophia Academy Photo - Field Trip to the Natural History Museum

St. Peter The Apostle School Photo - PK 3 and 4 year olds enjoy activities together!

Delone Catholic High School Photo - Delone Catholic Squires graduate prepared to lead, prepared to serve, and prepared for life as "Doers of the Word (James 1:22)."

St. Isidore Continuation School Photo - Now and for the future, we continue to introduce classroom technology so our students meet the demanding requirements of higher learning.

Holy Sepulcher Catholic School Photo - HSCS

Calvary Baptist School Photo - Aerial View

Rainbow Express Preschool Photo - Friends

International Christian High School Photo - International Christian High School Graduation at Cairn University.

The City School (Pre-k(4)-12) Photo - We are The City School

St. Elizabeth Continuation School Photo - Second grader works on Reflex Math on the Chromebook.

Top Ranked Pennsylvania Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2024)

Religious Affiliation

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

African Methodist Episcopal

94%

Amish

247

6,330

67%

Assembly of God

1,584

28%

Baptist

6,122

30%

Brethren

1,000

42%

Calvinist

653

36%

Catholic

453

127,618

22%

Christian

209

26,352

29%

Church of Christ

150

Church of God

77%

Church of God in Christ

100%

Church of the Nazarene

448

21%

Disciples of Christ

231

Episcopal

2,324

39%

Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)

1,220

21%

Friends

7,170

29%

Greek Orthodox

107

Islamic

1,113

76%

Jewish

5,888

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

1,082

21%

Mennonite

146

10,074

13%

Methodist

2,816

10%

Other

3,528

25%

Other Lutheran

223

Pentecostal

186

53%

Presbyterian

1,474

27%

Seventh Day Adventist

753

82%

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