The national average private school acceptance rate is 82% per year (2026).
The private elementary school average acceptance rate is 82% per year and the private high school average is 80% per year.
The state with the highest average private school acceptance rate is North Dakota with 95%. The state with the lowest average private school acceptance rate is District Of Columbia with 49%.
Acceptance Rate Range: 49%
95%
Avg. Acceptance Rate: 82%
Most Selective 草榴社区 Schools (2026)
State
Average Acceptance Rate
(Total / High Schools / Elementary)
(Total / High Schools / Elementary)
Most Selective Schools
(Acceptance Rate)
(Acceptance Rate)
Rank: #11.
49% / 42% / 47%
- Maret School (15%)
- Sidwell Friends School (15%)
- Washington International School (15%)
- Holy Trinity School (16%)
- Georgetown Day School (24%)
- Capitol Hill Day School (25%)
- Dupont Park Adventist School (25%)
- Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School of the Nation's Capital (25%)
- St. Francis Xavier Catholic Academyool (25%)
- St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School (25%)
- View Top DC Schools
Rank: #2-42-4.
71% / 65% / 73%
- Choate Rosemary Hall (11%)
- Whitney Hall School (15%)
- The Hotchkiss School (16%)
- The Taft School (19%)
- Oak Grove Montessori School (20%)
- Whitby School (20%)
- The Greenwich Country Day School (23%)
- Greenwich Country Day School (23%)
- All Saints Catholic School (25%)
- The Ethel Walker School (25%)
- View Top CT Schools
Rank: #2-42-4.
71% / 62% / 73%
Rank: #2-42-4.
71% / 69% / 75%
Rank: #55.
73% / 70% / 79%
Rank: #66.
75% / 75% / 76%
- THINK Global School (3%)
- Castle Island Bilingual Montessori (5%)
- Brick Church School (10%)
- R T Hudson Elementary School (10%)
- United Nations International School (10%)
- Horace Mann School (16%)
- Nightingale-bamford School (18%)
- Archbishop Molloy High School (20%)
- The Brearley School (20%)
- The Chaplin School (20%)
- View Top NY Schools
Rank: #77.
76% / 72% / 74%
- Black Hills Christian Academy (25%)
- Our Lady Of Lourdes Elementary School (25%)
- Sunshine Bible Academy (25%)
- Lifescape Childrens Specialty School (70%)
- Freeman Academy (80%)
- Acton Academy Sioux Falls (90%)
- Bethesda Lutheran School (90%)
- John Paul Ii Elementary School (90%)
- Rapid City Christian School (90%)
- Sioux Falls Christian Schools (99%)
- View Top SD Schools
Rank: #8-98-9.
77% / 63% / 80%
- St. George's School (14%)
- Immaculate Conception Catholic Regional School (25%)
- Wheeler School (25%)
- Portsmouth Abbey School (31%)
- Moses Brown School (32%)
- Jewish Community Day School Of Rhode Island (50%)
- The Grace School (60%)
- St. Andrew's School (63%)
- Bishop Hendricken High School (80%)
- Mercymount Country Day School (80%)
- View Top RI Schools
Rank: #8-98-9.
77% / 0% / 77%
Rank: #10-1210-12.
78% / 78% / 78%
- Hanahauoli School (20%)
- St. Catherine School (20%)
- Kamehamaha Schools - Hilo Camp (25%)
- Punahou School (25%)
- Mary, Star Of The Sea Early Learning Center (50%)
- Maui Preparatory Academy (50%)
- Mid-Pacific Institute (50%)
- St. Andrew's Schools - The Prep (50%)
- Seabury Hall (50%)
- Variety School Of Hawaii (50%)
- View Top HI Schools
Rank: #10-1210-12.
78% / 78% / 78%
Rank: #10-1210-12.
78% / 73% / 76%
- Somerset Hills Learning Institute (1%)
- Blair Academy (15%)
- The Lawrenceville School (18%)
- Newark Academy (22%)
- Peddie School (22%)
- The Pennington School (24%)
- Christian Brothers Academy (25%)
- Cornerstone School Of Summit (25%)
- Creative Nursery School (25%)
- French American School of Princeton (25%)
- View Top NJ Schools
Rank: #13-1413-14.
79% / 80% / 79%
- Paideia School (17%)
- Fulton Science Academy 草榴社区 School (20%)
- The Children's School (24%)
- Arlington Christian School (25%)
- Atlanta Montessori International School - Druid Hills Campus (25%)
- Blessed Sacrament School (25%)
- Cumming First United Methodist Church Preschool (25%)
- The Galloway School (25%)
- The Lovett School (25%)
- Pinecrest Academy (25%)
- View Top GA Schools
Rank: #13-1413-14.
79% / 80% / 80%
- Sullins Academy (14%)
- St. Catherine's School (22%)
- Nansemond-Suffolk Academy (24%)
- Peabody School (24%)
- St. Ambrose School (24%)
- Chesapeake Montessori School (25%)
- Denbigh Baptist Christian School (25%)
- Educo Inc (25%)
- Lighthouse Baptist Academy (25%)
- Montessori School of Northern Virginia (MSNV) - Valleybrook Campus (25%)
- View Top VA Schools
Rank: #15-1615-16.
80% / 77% / 80%
- The Calverton School (8%)
- Atholton Adventist Academy (25%)
- The Auburn School Silver Spring Campus (25%)
- Gerstell Academy (25%)
- Montgomery Methodist Childrens Center (25%)
- Redwood Montessori Academy (25%)
- Roland Park Country School (25%)
- St. Pauls School for Boys (25%)
- The Siena School (25%)
- Wesley Grove Prekindergarten & Kindergarten (25%)
- View Top MD Schools
Rank: #15-1615-16.
80% / 80% / 78%
- Aim Academy (10%)
- Meadow Ridge Academy Microschool (12%)
- Our Lady Of Lourdes Catholic School (25%)
- St. John The Baptist Middle School (40%)
- Challenger School - Salt Lake (50%)
- Judge Memorial Catholic High School (66%)
- Rowland Hall (67%)
- The Waterford School (67%)
- The Herritage School (70%)
- Wasatch Academy (70%)
- View Top UT Schools
Rank: #17-2117-21.
81% / 78% / 81%
- West Covina KinderCare (1%)
- Seton School, Inc. (3%)
- Camelot Kids Preschool and Little Knights (10%)
- Centennial Montessori School (10%)
- Montessori Academy-Glendale (10%)
- The Carey School (12%)
- Khan Lab School (13%)
- Silicon Valley International School (13%)
- The Thacher School (13%)
- Cate School (14%)
- View Top CA Schools
Rank: #17-2117-21.
81% / 81% / 80%
- Pine Crest School (14%)
- Pine Crest School At Boca Raton (14%)
- Rock Solid Christian Academy (20%)
- A Learning Day Care Center (25%)
- AEF Schools (25%)
- The American Academy, Broward Campus (25%)
- American Heritage Schools, Broward Campus (25%)
- American Heritage Schools, Palm Beach Campus (25%)
- Apple Seed Montessori (25%)
- Ave Maria University Prep School (25%)
- View Top FL Schools
Rank: #17-2117-21.
81% / 74% / 82%
- Bishop Ward High School (10%)
- Heritage Christian Academy (25%)
- Heritage Christian Academy (25%)
- Sacred Heart Junior Senior High School (25%)
- Sacred Heart School (25%)
- Sacred Heart School (25%)
- Horizon Academy (50%)
- Shawnee Mission Christian School (50%)
- Accelerated Schools Of Overland Park (70%)
- Topeka Collegiate School (75%)
- View Top KS Schools
Rank: #17-2117-21.
81% / 82% / 80%
- Durham Academy (18%)
- Charlotte Country Day School (20%)
- The Montessori School Of Raleigh (21%)
- Cannon School (25%)
- Carolina Day School (25%)
- Peace Rose Montessori School (25%)
- St. Egbert Catholic School (25%)
- Timbersong Black Mountain (25%)
- Trinity Baptist Academy (25%)
- Wayne Christian School (25%)
- View Top NC Schools
Rank: #17-2117-21.
81% / 78% / 81%
- Girard College (8%)
- Gwynedd-mercy Academy Elementary School (10%)
- The Church Farm School (20%)
- Ephrata Mennonite School (20%)
- Mercersburg Academy (22%)
- Bishop Mcdevitt High School (25%)
- Calvary Baptist Academy (25%)
- Calvary Baptist Children's Learning Center (25%)
- French Creek Valley Christian (25%)
- Friends Select School (25%)
- View Top PA Schools
Rank: #2222.
82% / 83% / 81%
- Renton Prep Christian: Microsoft's First US K-12 Flagship School Participant (9%)
- Our Lady Of The Lake School (10%)
- St. Anne School (10%)
- The Evergreen School (14%)
- Lakeside School (17%)
- Eastside Preparatory School (20%)
- French American School of Puget Sound (22%)
- The Overlake School (23%)
- Bishop Blanchet High School (25%)
- Cataldo Catholic School at St. Augustine's (25%)
- View Top WA Schools
Rank: #23-2423-24.
83% / 85% / 83%
- Akiva School (10%)
- Harding Academy (14%)
- Boyd Buchanan School (17%)
- Girls Preparatory School (25%)
- Heavenly Host Lutheran School (25%)
- The Learning Center (25%)
- Sacred Heart of Jesus High School (25%)
- Woodland Presbyterian School (30%)
- University School Of Nashville (35%)
- Montessori East (40%)
- View Top TN Schools
Rank: #23-2423-24.
83% / 82% / 83%
- LIH- Lyc茅e International de Houston (5%)
- Sacred Heart Catholic School (14%)
- TCS (15%)
- The Hockaday School (16%)
- San Antonio Academy Of Texas (16%)
- St. Francis School (20%)
- St. Mark's School Of Texas (20%)
- Sugar Land Preparatory Academy (20%)
- Texas Torah Institute (20%)
- Alpha Omega Academy (21%)
- View Top TX Schools
Rank: #25-3025-30.
84% / 83% / 85%
- Brightmont Academy - Castle Pines (22%)
- Canyon Point KinderCare (25%)
- Christ Lutheran Ecc (25%)
- Colorado Springs Christian Schools (25%)
- Durango Early Learning Center (25%)
- Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School (25%)
- Montessori At Fiddlers Green (25%)
- Shepherd Of The Hills Christian School (25%)
- Mackintosh Academy Boulder (26%)
- Tara Performing Arts High School (30%)
- View Top CO Schools
Rank: #25-3025-30.
84% / 79% / 83%
Rank: #25-3025-30.
84% / 80% / 85%
Rank: #25-3025-30.
84% / 83% / 84%
- St. Dominic School (10%)
- University School (10%)
- Acton Academy Columbus (25%)
- Brownstone 草榴社区 Child Care (25%)
- Children's Academy (25%)
- Gesu Elementary School (25%)
- Marburn Academy (25%)
- Maumee Valley Country Day School (25%)
- Minerva Area Christian School (25%)
- Osu Child Care Center Elementary School (25%)
- View Top OH Schools
Rank: #25-3025-30.
84% / 80% / 82%
- East Linn Christian Academy (15%)
- Oregon Episcopal School (23%)
- Gold Coast Christian School (25%)
- The Madeleine Elementary School (25%)
- Mcminnville Montessori School (25%)
- Naya Early College Academy (25%)
- St. Agatha Catholic School (25%)
- The Siskiyou School (30%)
- Catlin Gabel School (42%)
- Bridges Middle School (50%)
- View Top OR Schools
Rank: #25-3025-30.
84% / 89% / 83%
- Notre Dame High School (25%)
- Wheeling Country Day School (33%)
- St. Joseph The Worker Grade School (50%)
- Greenbrier Community School (51%)
- Highland Adventist School (75%)
- The Highland School (75%)
- Martinsburg Christian Academy (75%)
- St. Michael Parish School (80%)
- Morgantown Christian Academy (82%)
- Rocky Knoll School (85%)
- View Top WV Schools
Rank: #31-3431-34.
85% / 87% / 85%
- New Beginning Christian Academy (10%)
- Immaculate Conception School (25%)
- Trinity Catholic Middle School (25%)
- Providence Academy (75%)
- Crowley's Ridge Academy (80%)
- Hot Springs Adventist School (85%)
- Little Rock Christian Academy (85%)
- Subiaco Academy (85%)
- Christ Little Rock School (90%)
- Christian Ministries Academy (90%)
- View Top AR Schools
Rank: #31-3431-34.
85% / 81% / 85%
- Midwest Academy For Gifted Education (10%)
- Althoff Catholic High School (20%)
- Brother Rice High School - Chicago (21%)
- St. Hubert School (24%)
- Ancona School (25%)
- Beardstown Christian Academy (25%)
- Bishop Mcnamara Catholic High School (25%)
- Calvary Baptist Academy (25%)
- Danville Christian Academy (25%)
- The Goddard School (25%)
- View Top IL Schools
Rank: #31-3431-34.
85% / 81% / 83%
- June Buchanan School (7%)
- Bethany Christian School (25%)
- Forest Hill Military Academy (25%)
- Mercy Academy (25%)
- St. Edward School (25%)
- Taylor Mill Christian Academy (25%)
- Highlands Latin School (37%)
- Foundation Christian Academy (50%)
- The Piarist School (50%)
- Bowling Green Christian Academy (60%)
- View Top KY Schools
Rank: #31-3431-34.
85% / 80% / 85%
- Acadiana Christian School (25%)
- Central Catholic School (25%)
- False River Academy (25%)
- Oaks Montessori School (25%)
- Prairie View Academy (25%)
- Teurlings Catholic High School (25%)
- Episcopal School of Baton Rouge (33%)
- Metairie Park Country Day School (58%)
- The Dunham School (60%)
- The Brighton School (70%)
- View Top LA Schools
Rank: #35-3835-38.
86% / 87% / 87%
- 100 Blk Men Of Greater Mobile's Phoenix Program (25%)
- John Carroll Catholic High School (25%)
- Phenix City Schools (25%)
- Randolph School (25%)
- The Horizons School (35%)
- St. Benedict Catholic School (40%)
- The American Academy For Young Professionals (50%)
- Saint Rose Academy (65%)
- Grace Classical Christian Academy (70%)
- St. Joseph Catholic School (70%)
- View Top AL Schools
Rank: #35-3835-38.
86% / 82% / 85%
- Des Moines Adventist School (25%)
- Heartland Christian School (25%)
- St. Albert Middle School (25%)
- Morning Star Academy (42%)
- Shelby County Catholic School (48%)
- Scattergood Friends School (57%)
- Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta Middle School (60%)
- Cedar Ridge Christian School (60%)
- Maharishi School (70%)
- Marquette Catholic Schools Pk-12 (75%)
- View Top IA Schools
Rank: #35-3835-38.
86% / 85% / 85%
Rank: #35-3835-38.
86% / 82% / 87%
- Family Of Faith Christian School (25%)
- Mount Saint Mary Catholic High School (25%)
- Casady School (43%)
- Fort Gibson Christian Academy (50%)
- University School (56%)
- Holland Hall (72%)
- Lakewood Christian School (80%)
- Lawton Academy Of Arts & Sciences (80%)
- Oklahoma Academy (80%)
- Corn Bible Academy (82%)
- View Top OK Schools
Rank: #39-4339-43.
87% / 83% / 86%
- Lexis Preparatory School (25%)
- The Aces-tempe (33%)
- Our Mother Of Sorrows Catholic School (40%)
- Xavier College Preparatory (40%)
- All Saints' Episcopal Day School (44%)
- Bella Vista College Prepratory School (50%)
- Pangaea Schoolhouse (50%)
- Phoenix Country Day School (50%)
- Bayer 草榴社区 School (60%)
- Creo Farm School Middle & High School (60%)
- View Top AZ Schools
Rank: #39-4339-43.
87% / 87% / 89%
Rank: #39-4339-43.
87% / 85% / 87%
- Logan Christian Academy (25%)
- Sun Valley Community School (45%)
- Acton Academy Twin Falls (60%)
- Riverstone International School (80%)
- The Ambrose School (81%)
- Christian Center School (85%)
- Nampa Christian Schools (85%)
- Shumway Academy (85%)
- Caldwell Adventist Elementary School (90%)
- Classical Christian Academy (90%)
- View Top ID Schools
Rank: #39-4339-43.
87% / 83% / 88%
- Capital City Adventist Christian School (25%)
- Montessori Of Melrose (25%)
- Prairie Hill Montessori School (25%)
- St. John's Lutheran School (25%)
- St. Marys School (25%)
- St. Paul Preparatory School (25%)
- Sts. Peter & Paul School (25%)
- Academy Of Holy Angels (31%)
- Lake Country School (33%)
- Breck School (50%)
- View Top MN Schools
Rank: #39-4339-43.
87% / 91% / 89%
- Intermountain (20%)
- Clark Fork School (50%)
- Bozeman Field School (60%)
- Foothills Community Christian High School (74%)
- Missoula International School (75%)
- Billings Catholic Schools (85%)
- Billings Christian School (90%)
- Blodgett View Christian School (90%)
- Headwaters Academy (90%)
- Mission Valley Christian Academy (90%)
- View Top MT Schools
Rank: #44-4644-46.
88% / 85% / 88%
- Grand Traverse Area Catholic School (20%)
- Zeeland Christian School (20%)
- Chiquitos Bilingual Montessori (25%)
- Congregation B'nai Moshe School (25%)
- Detroit Country Day School (25%)
- Detroit Country Day School (25%)
- Great Lakes Adventist Academy (25%)
- The Grosse Pointe Academy (25%)
- Regina High School (25%)
- Rudolf Steiner High School of Ann Arbor (40%)
- View Top MI Schools
Rank: #44-4644-46.
88% / 88% / 88%
- Central Holmes Christian School (25%)
- New Hope Christian School (25%)
- Presbyterian Christian School (25%)
- St. Andrew's Episcopal School (30%)
- St. Andrew's Episcopal School (30%)
- Vicksburg Catholic School (50%)
- Cares School (85%)
- Millcreek School (85%)
- Sacred Heart School (85%)
- Coast Episcopal School (88%)
- View Top MS Schools
Rank: #44-4644-46.
88% / 91% / 88%
- International Christian Academy (50%)
- Lake Tahoe School (60%)
- Northern Nevada Teen Challenge (60%)
- Sage Ridge School (69%)
- Torrey Pines KinderCare (70%)
- The Adelson Educational Campus-las Vegas (75%)
- Damonte Ranch KinderCare (75%)
- Foothills Church Academy (75%)
- Brookfield School (80%)
- Henderson International School (80%)
- View Top NV Schools
Rank: #47-4847-48.
89% / 90% / 90%
- The Barclay School (25%)
- Macfeat Early Childhood Lab School (25%)
- University School of The Lowcountry (60%)
- Hilton Head Christian Academy (61%)
- Heathwood Hall Episcopal School (62%)
- Charleston Collegiate School (70%)
- New Prospect Fwb Church & Christian School (70%)
- Oakbrook Preparatory School (70%)
- First Presbyterian Academy Downtown (72%)
- Heritage Academy (75%)
- View Top SC Schools
Rank: #47-4847-48.
89% / 84% / 90%
- Our Savior Lutheran School (1%)
- Wayland Academy (22%)
- Messiah Lutheran School (25%)
- Milwaukee Seventh-day Adventist School (25%)
- Randolph Christian School (25%)
- St. John The Baptist Catholic School (25%)
- Sainta (25%)
- Sharon Junior Academy (25%)
- Faith Christian Academy (30%)
- Madison Country Day School (31%)
- View Top WI Schools
Rank: #4949.
90% / 88% / 93%
- Vj & Angela Skutt Catholic High School (34%)
- St. St.anislaus School (41%)
- Prairie Hill Learning Center (60%)
- Pius X High School (62%)
- Connely International Academy (70%)
- St. Pius X / St.. Leo Elementary School (75%)
- Mount Michael Benedictine High School (78%)
- Omaha Street School (80%)
- Faith Lutheran School (85%)
- Phoenix Academy Day School (85%)
- View Top NE Schools
Rank: #5050.
93% / 94% / 93%
- Birchwood Christian School (80%)
- Pacific Northern Academy (80%)
- Fairbanks Montessori Association (90%)
- Lumen Christi High School (90%)
- Mountain City Christian Academy (90%)
- Sprucetree Montessori School (90%)
- Anchorage Waldorf School (95%)
- Bristol Bay Christian Learning Center (95%)
- Far North Christian School (95%)
- North Pole Christian School (96%)
- View Top AK Schools
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the national average private school acceptance rate?
The national average private school acceptance rate is 82% for 2026.
What are the most selective private schools in the United States?
The most selective private schools in the United States include Somerset Hills Learning Institute, West Covina KinderCare and Our Savior Lutheran School.
What is the state with the highest average private school acceptance rate?
The state with the highest average private school acceptance rate is North Dakota.
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