Top South Carolina Religiously Affiliated Schools

For the 2021 school year, there are 332 top religiously affiliated private schools in South Carolina (76% of all schools), serving 50,639 students.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (31% of schools), Baptist (28% of schools) and Roman Catholic (10% of schools).

Top South Carolina Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2021)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • African Methodist Episcopal
    5 Schools
    433 Students
    55.31% Minority
  • Amish
    1 Schools
    26 Students
    29.17% Minority
  • Assembly of God
    3 Schools
    309 Students
    22.04% Minority
  • Baptist
    92 Schools
    12,323 Students
    13.43% Minority
  • Christian
    104 Schools
    18,127 Students
    12.15% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    1 Schools
    13 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Church of the Nazarene
    2 Schools
    359 Students
    10.00% Minority
  • Episcopal
    10 Schools
    4,011 Students
    8.45% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    4 Schools
    265 Students
    - Minority
  • Islamic
    3 Schools
    210 Students
    40.22% Minority
  • Jewish
    4 Schools
    435 Students
    14.60% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    2 Schools
    271 Students
    16.36% Minority
  • Mennonite
    6 Schools
    332 Students
    2.92% Minority
  • Methodist
    16 Schools
    1,877 Students
    13.46% Minority
  • Other
    5 Schools
    537 Students
    9.23% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    1 Schools
    28 Students
    - Minority
  • Pentecostal
    3 Schools
    78 Students
    19.23% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    24 Schools
    3,389 Students
    8.94% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    33 Schools
    7,235 Students
    16.66% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    12 Schools
    271 Students
    60.18% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    1 Schools
    110 Students
    - Minority
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