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Private schools in Michigan

No state program pays private school tuition.

546 schools listed
94,629 students (2023-24)

No Michigan program pays private school tuition. The state constitution (Article VIII, section 2) bars any state payment, tax credit, deduction or voucher for attending a nonpublic school.

Worth knowing: SB 320, a 2025 bill for tax-credit scholarship accounts, has not moved since it was sent to committee in May 2025.

School choice in Michigan: what is available

By city

The number is how many private schools sit within 6 miles of each town (12 miles for smaller towns), so nearby towns can overlap.

By kind of school

By county

The largest private schools in Michigan

SchoolCityGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliation
Divine Child High SchoolDearbornK-121,29310.8Roman Catholic
Northpointe Christian SchoolGrand RapidsPreK-121,11319.6Christian (nondenominational)
North Pointe Christian SchoolsGrand RapidsPreK-121,10914.8Christian (nondenominational)
Notre Dame Preparatory SchoolPontiacPreK-121,07510.8Roman Catholic
Notre Dame Preparatory School and Marist AcademyPontiacPreK-1299313.3Roman Catholic
Hudsonville Christian SchoolHudsonvillePreK-894316Christian (nondenominational)
Catholic Central High SchoolNovi9-1293715.1Roman Catholic, all-boys
St. Lawrence SchoolUticaPreK-890322.2Roman Catholic
University of Detroit Jesuit High School & AcademyDetroit7-1278513.5Roman Catholic, all-boys
Grand Rapids Christian High SchoolGrand Rapids9-1275214.5Christian (nondenominational)
Unity Christian High SchoolHudsonville9-1270016.5Calvinist
Green Hills SchoolAnn Arbor6-126928.3Nonsectarian
South Christian High SchoolByron Center9-1268616.7Christian (nondenominational)
Catholic Schools of Greater KalamazooKalamazooPreK-1267916Roman Catholic
Dutton Christian SchoolCaledoniaPreK-865714.6Calvinist

What private school costs in Michigan

We have read published tuition on 42 Michigan school websites. The middle price is $9,182 for kindergarten to grade 5 (26 schools), $9,163 for grades 6 to 8 (25 schools), $13,700 for grades 9 to 12 (27 schools). Published prices run from $6,195 to $47,500 a year.

These are the schools we have verified so far, mostly larger ones, so treat the figures as a guide rather than an average. Each school's page links its source. Private school tuition in Michigan, school by school. Tuition in every state.

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Questions parents ask

How much does Michigan pay toward private school?

No state program pays private school tuition.

Who can get it?

No Michigan program pays private school tuition. The state constitution (Article VIII, section 2) bars any state payment, tax credit, deduction or voucher for attending a nonpublic school.

Is there still room?

Michigan is not on the IRS list of states taking part in the new federal scholarship tax credit that starts in 2027 (list dated September 14, 2026). Gov. Whitmer said she was waiting for full Treasury guidance, which Treasury proposed on October 1, 2026. The State Board of Education voted against opting in.

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