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Best North Carolina Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2024-25)

For the 2024-25 school year, there are 537 religiously affiliated private schools serving 96,755 students in North Carolina (60% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $8,133, which is lower than the North Carolina private school average tuition cost of $11,038.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (32% of schools), Baptist (28% of schools) and Catholic (9% of schools).

Top Ranked North Carolina Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2024-25)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
1
27
-
12
3,000
19%
151
25,731
20%
49
14,564
22%
171
33,261
20%
12
3,340
22%
5
724
19%
6
1,038
59%
3
512
2%
6
136
25%
17
1,222
34%
30
5,583
21%
15
998
32%
7
2,366
8%

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