Best South Carolina Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 321 religiously affiliated private schools serving 53,797 students in South Carolina (75% of all schools).

The average tuition cost is $6,864, which is lower than the South Carolina private school average tuition cost of $8,175.

The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (31% of schools), Baptist (27% of schools) and Catholic (10% of schools).

Walnut Grove Christian School Photo - Our Class of 2020, with 12 graduates, earned more than $2.5 Million in academic & athletic scholarships from the following colleges and universities: University of Florida, College of Charleston Honors College, NC State, Charleston Southern, Anderson University, University of South Carolina, USC-Lancaster, Gardner Webb, Erskine, Wingate, Auburn University, University of Alabama, & High Point University

Carolina Christian Academy Photo - FIELD DAY IS FUN

St. Marys Catholic School Photo - St. Mary's Elementary School

Montessori West Christian School Photo - Toddler playground

All Saints Church School Photo - Chapel is in integral part of our week where we get to dance and worship our Lord!

St. John Catholic School Photo - St. John students not only become classmates, but they also become friends.

Prince Of Peace Catholic School Photo - Getting busy in 1st Grade!

Heritage Christian Academy Photo - Heritage Christian Academy is Christian in philosophy and practice while classical in approach and methodology. With small class sizes and rigorous curriculum, Heritage Christian Academy prepares children to live purposefully and intelligently as they pursue the individual calling God has given them.

First Presbyterian Academy Photo - Academic Enrichment Specials are an essential part of Crusader curriculum from PK3-12th grade. Our littlest Crusaders enjoy activities such as Library, Art, Music, Spanish and exciting Field Trips, to name a few. This adventurous member of our PK4 class is reaching for a yummy apple on a recent field trip to a local apple orchard.

Cathedral Academy Photo - Classroom sample

Bishop England High School Photo - A Bishop England graduation photo

Porter-Gaud School Photo - From the earliest grades to the Upper School, Porter-Gaud students learn from faculty members whose love of their subject areas is infectious.

Top Ranked South Carolina Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2024)

Religious Affiliation

# Schools

# Students

% Minority

African Methodist Episcopal

388

100%

Assembly of God

Baptist

12,731

16%

Catholic

7,743

20%

Christian

18,681

14%

Church of Christ

100%

Church of God

434

25%

Church of God in Christ

100%

Church of the Nazarene

407

11%

Episcopal

4,696

13%

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

267

14%

Islamic

228

34%

Jewish

447

16%

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

273

20%

Mennonite

366

Methodist

2,116

13%

Other

207

Other Lutheran

Pentecostal

484

58%

Presbyterian

3,839

11%

Seventh Day Adventist

269

80%

Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod

115

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