Northside Christian Academy Photo - Lexington campus opened in 2011 and is home to grades k4 through 12th.

Best South Carolina Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2025)

For the 2025 school year, there are 326 religiously affiliated private schools serving 54,878 students in South Carolina (74% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $7,047, which is lower than the South Carolina private school average tuition cost of $8,372.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Christian (28% of schools), Baptist (28% of schools) and Catholic (10% of schools).

Top Ranked South Carolina Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2025)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
90
13,799
16%
33
7,920
22%
92
17,255
18%
10
4,666
10%
3
202
48%
4
233
22%
6
349
7%
17
1,718
15%
11
2,341
7%
25
3,921
11%

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