St. Timothys School
under 1 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-8548 students12.2 students per teacherEpiscopalCo-ed
Christian schools in Raleigh, NC
16 in Raleigh or within 6 miles; schools in Raleigh itself count at any distance from downtown. 12 are on the state’s Opportunity Scholarship list. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-12266 students9.6 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed60% to 4-year college
Iron Academy
3 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 6-1280 students7.4 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)All-boys40% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-12356 students8.2 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed92% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-12228 students9.5 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed90% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 1-1132 students7.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Trinity Academy
6 mi✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-12612 students11.2 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed100% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-121,568 students15.4 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed99% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-12874 students12.4 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed93% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-10133 students18 students per teacherSeventh-Day AdventistCo-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-519 students3.2 students per teacherPentecostalCo-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades K-12926 students12.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed75% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12306 students9.6 students per teacherEpiscopalAll-girls100% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-Transitional KEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades 6-1293 students15.5 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed100% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-Transitional KBaptistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Christian schools near Raleigh by the numbers
- Where
- all 16 in Raleigh
- Students
- about 6,041 in all; the typical school has 306
- Smallest and largest
- Sure Promise Christian Academy, 19 students; North Raleigh Christian Academy, 1,568 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.6 typical, 3.2 to 18 across 16 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- 1 all-girls and 1 all-boys; the rest co-ed
- Association members
- 10, most often the Association of Christian Schools International
- To a 4-year college
- 93% of graduates at the typical high school (10 reporting)
- Upcoming application deadlines
- 1 school; soonest St. Mary's School, December 4, 2026
- State program
- Scholarship, $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How Opportunity Scholarship works
- Pre-K (and up)5
- Elementary (K to 5)13
- Middle (6 to 8)12
- High school (9 to 12)12
- K to 12, one school7
- Under 502
- 50 to 1493
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5993
- 600 or more4
- Christian schools here75%
- All of North Carolina81%
Lowest$6,564Middle$16,200Highest$34,275
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 5 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 11, 2026.
- Deadlines, 1 school: each school’s admissions page, last read October 6, 2026.
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