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Best Wisconsin Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 790 religiously affiliated private schools serving 133,705 students in Wisconsin (82% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $6,470, which is lower than the Wisconsin private school average tuition cost of $7,720.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (39% of schools), Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (20% of schools) and Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (12% of schools).

Top Ranked Wisconsin Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
41
1,131
-
19
1,128
16%
5
1,052
9%
306
67,513
31%
78
14,105
61%
1
180
25%
4
1,251
62%
6
698
6%
21
621
44%
18
3,031
38%

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