South Carolina Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • There are 333 religiously affiliated private schools in South Carolina (79% of all schools), serving 50,664 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (32% of schools), Baptist (26% of schools) and Roman Catholic (10% of schools).

South Carolina Private Schools by Religious Affiliation

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • African Methodist Episcopal
    2 Schools
    230 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Amish
    1 Schools
    26 Students
    29.17% Minority
  • Assembly of God
    3 Schools
    119 Students
    31.75% Minority
  • Baptist
    88 Schools
    11,286 Students
    14.69% Minority
  • Christian
    105 Schools
    18,709 Students
    11.88% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    1 Schools
    13 Students
    100.00% Minority
  • Church of the Nazarene
    1 Schools
    169 Students
    18.46% Minority
  • Episcopal
    13 Schools
    4,352 Students
    8.45% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    5 Schools
    418 Students
    5.71% Minority
  • Islamic
    3 Schools
    207 Students
    82.25% Minority
  • Jewish
    3 Schools
    379 Students
    5.94% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    2 Schools
    255 Students
    4.00% Minority
  • Mennonite
    7 Schools
    348 Students
    2.26% Minority
  • Methodist
    15 Schools
    1,701 Students
    10.11% Minority
  • Other
    5 Schools
    236 Students
    29.32% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    1 Schools
    28 Students
    - Minority
  • Pentecostal
    7 Schools
    1,233 Students
    48.39% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    24 Schools
    3,088 Students
    6.65% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    34 Schools
    7,573 Students
    14.51% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    12 Schools
    205 Students
    60.77% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    1 Schools
    89 Students
    - Minority
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