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Best Ohio Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 998 religiously affiliated private schools serving 199,382 students in Ohio (71% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $6,564, which is lower than the Ohio private school average tuition cost of $8,153.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (40% of schools), Amish (26% of schools) and Christian (13% of schools).

Top Ranked Ohio Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
257
7,709
35%
35
4,261
24%
4
1,545
22%
400
129,870
23%
126
28,865
25%
2
254
49%
3
280
10%
12
1,590
54%
22
6,071
35%
10
1,556
5%
12
1,608
18%
16
3,293
16%
10
698
40%

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