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Best Pennsylvania Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 1,422 religiously affiliated private schools serving 208,212 students in Pennsylvania (62% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $11,540, which is lower than the Pennsylvania private school average tuition cost of $14,634.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (31% of schools), Amish (22% of schools) and Christian (14% of schools).

Top Ranked Pennsylvania Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
317
8,040
39%
10
1,471
27%
71
5,812
28%
15
1,566
21%
3
460
14%
435
123,696
24%
195
27,355
28%
12
2,126
38%
27
7,046
23%
12
1,008
67%
45
6,889
7%
158
10,882
13%
20
1,974
8%
34
4,231
28%
9
1,252
26%

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