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Best Virginia Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 487 religiously affiliated private schools serving 91,941 students in Virginia (47% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $13,272, which is lower than the Virginia private school average tuition cost of $17,481.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (33% of schools), Baptist (18% of schools) and Catholic (18% of schools).

Top Ranked Virginia Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
90
11,935
34%
2
47
13%
87
28,543
28%
159
30,394
28%
30
7,311
19%
3
485
20%
8
1,489
51%
9
380
20%
11
1,486
5%
11
1,534
37%
15
2,490
31%
10
561
67%

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