A religious school is a school that either has a religious component in its operations or its curriculum, or exists primarily for the purpose of teaching aspects of a particular religion.
For children
A 2002 study in the United States found higher academic performance in children attending religious schools than those attending secular institutions, including when controlling for socioeconomic status.
A school can either be of two types, though the same word is used for both in some areas:
Religious teaching
Institutions solely or largely for teaching a particular religion, often outside regular school
- Catholic Biblical Association
- Cheder (Jewish)
- Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
- Hebrew school (Jewish)
- Madrasa (Muslim)
- Sunday school (Christian)
- Talmud Torah (Jewish)
General education
Institutions providing general education but run by a religious group, or in some way giving extra weight to a particular religion
- Bais Yaakov (Jewish girls school)
- Cathedral school (Christian)
- Catholic school
- Chabad (Jewish)
- Christian school
- Faith school UK term
- Jewish day school
- Lutheran school (Christian)
- Madrasa (Muslim) also general education in some places
- Parochial school USA in particular, former UK
- Separate school Canada
For adults
- Bible college (Christian)
- Madrasa (Muslim)
- Yeshiva (Jewish)
See also
- Bias in curricula
- Religion and children
- Religious education
- Religions
- Secular education