✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-8137 students7.9 students per teacherFriendsCo-ed
Christian schools in Wilmington, NC
8 in Wilmington or within 6 miles. 6 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 K-12141 students12.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Special program emphasisCo-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-1281 students6 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed20% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-12825 students17.5 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed44% to 4-year college
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades PreK-8379 students16.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ North Carolina Opportunity ScholarshipGrades 9-12294 students7.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed93% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-KMethodistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades 7-1226 students11.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed20% to 4-year college
Christian schools near Wilmington by the numbers
- Where
- all 8 in Wilmington
- Students
- about 1,883 in all; the typical school has 141
- Smallest and largest
- Pathways Middle and High, 26 students; Wilmington Christian Academy, 825 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.3 typical, 4 to 17.5 across 8 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 3, most often the American Association of Christian Schools
- To a 4-year college
- 44% of graduates at the typical high school (4 reporting)
- Verified tuition
- Friends School of Wilmington $17,180; Wilmington Christian Academy $9,500; Myrtle Grove Christian School $10,115; Coastal Christian High School $11,760
- 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)6
- Middle (6 to 8)6
- High school (9 to 12)5
- K to 12, one school3
- Under 501
- 50 to 1493
- 150 to 2991
- 300 to 5991
- 600 or more1
- Christian schools here75%
- 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 4 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 11, 2026.
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