Our Lady of Lourdes Elementary School
under 1 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-8464 students16.1 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Raleigh, NC
6 in Raleigh or within 6 miles; schools in Raleigh itself count at any distance from downtown. 6 are on the state’s Opportunity Scholarship list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-8458 students13.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 6-11243 students12.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Cathedral School
4 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-8223 students15.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Cardinal Gibbons
5 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 9-121,590 students13.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed99% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-8668 students15 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools near Raleigh by the numbers
- Where
- all 6 in Raleigh
- Students
- about 3,646 in all; the typical school has 464
- Smallest and largest
- Cathedral School, 223 students; Cardinal Gibbons, 1,590 students
- Students per teacher
- 15 typical, 12.3 to 16.1 across 6 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 5, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Verified tuition
- St. Thomas More Academy $8,000; Cardinal Gibbons $20,395; The Franciscan School $13,924
- Upcoming application deadlines
- 1 school; soonest St. Thomas More Academy, February 2, 2027
- State program
- Scholarship, $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How Opportunity Scholarship works
- Pre-K (and up)1
- Elementary (K to 5)4
- Middle (6 to 8)5
- High school (9 to 12)2
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5992
- 600 or more2
- Catholic schools here100%
- All of North Carolina81%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship schools, list read October 26, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship, official page, read October 2, 2026.
- Tuition for 3 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 6, 2026.
- Deadlines, 1 school: each school’s admissions page, last read October 6, 2026.
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