Best New Jersey Religiously Affiliated Private Schools (2024)

For the 2024 school year, there are 577 religiously affiliated private schools serving 137,679 students in New Jersey (42% of all schools).
The average tuition cost is $10,706, which is lower than the New Jersey private school average tuition cost of $15,780.
The most common religiously affiliated schools are Catholic (43% of schools), Jewish (25% of schools) and Christian (11% of schools).

Top Ranked New Jersey Private Schools by Religious Affiliation (2024)

Religious Affiliation
# Schools
# Students
% Minority
11
1,163
61%
19
1,685
48%
3
300
44%
248
73,745
37%
62
9,557
42%
8
1,120
49%
6
985
20%
22
4,439
55%
147
39,553
3%
1
23
100%
7
1,013
27%
7
1,226
58%
10
749
91%

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