Religious school

Not to be confused with Religious education.

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.^[1]

A school can either be of two types, though the same word is used for both in some areas:^{[citation needed]}

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