Top Virginia Religiously Affiliated Schools

  • For the 2020 school year, there are 499 top religiously affiliated private schools in Virginia (50% of all schools), serving 85,997 students.
  • The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (31% of schools), Baptist (20% of schools) and Roman Catholic (18% of schools).

Top Virginia Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2020)

  • Religious Affiliation
    # Schools
    # Students
    % Minority
  • Anglican
    2 Schools
    563 Students
    32.93% Minority
  • Assembly of God
    10 Schools
    1,096 Students
    55.80% Minority
  • Baptist
    100 Schools
    12,890 Students
    29.24% Minority
  • Brethren
    1 Schools
    18 Students
    14.29% Minority
  • Christian
    156 Schools
    22,303 Students
    23.67% Minority
  • Church of Christ
    2 Schools
    188 Students
    5.86% Minority
  • Church of God
    5 Schools
    447 Students
    31.13% Minority
  • Church of God in Christ
    3 Schools
    119 Students
    95.92% Minority
  • Church of the Nazarene
    4 Schools
    627 Students
    35.04% Minority
  • Episcopal
    33 Schools
    8,680 Students
    16.15% Minority
  • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (formerly AELC, ALC, or LCA)
    4 Schools
    865 Students
    8.41% Minority
  • Friends
    3 Schools
    500 Students
    21.76% Minority
  • Islamic
    6 Schools
    828 Students
    83.13% Minority
  • Jewish
    8 Schools
    550 Students
    8.24% Minority
  • Lutheran Church Missouri Synod
    9 Schools
    1,230 Students
    35.88% Minority
  • Mennonite
    13 Schools
    1,242 Students
    5.76% Minority
  • Methodist
    11 Schools
    1,608 Students
    42.84% Minority
  • Other
    2 Schools
    55 Students
    5.26% Minority
  • Other Lutheran
    1 Schools
    12 Students
    16.67% Minority
  • Pentecostal
    11 Schools
    488 Students
    56.25% Minority
  • Presbyterian
    6 Schools
    768 Students
    7.25% Minority
  • Roman Catholic
    89 Schools
    28,036 Students
    21.52% Minority
  • Seventh Day Adventist
    18 Schools
    2,719 Students
    51.77% Minority
  • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
    2 Schools
    165 Students
    44.60% Minority
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