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Best New Jersey Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 613 religiously affiliated private schools serving 148,883 students in New Jersey (45% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $11,974, which is lower than the New Jersey private school average tuition cost of $16,313.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (40% of schools), Jewish (29% of schools) and Christian (9% of schools).

Top Ranked New Jersey Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
11
1,444
64%
19
1,911
47%
3
482
36%
243
72,111
37%
55
8,874
46%
10
1,407
50%
4
911
22%
23
4,424
59%
177
49,680
7%
1
23
100%
7
986
16%
26
3,548
46%
9
1,338
12%

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