{{Short description|School teaching religion}} {{Distinguish|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.<ref name="jeynes">{{cite journal |last1=Jeynes |first1=William H. |title=Educational Policy and the Effects of Attending a Religious School on the Academic Achievement of Children |journal=Educational Policy |date=July 2002 |volume=16 |issue=3 |pages=406–424 |doi=10.1177/08904802016003003 |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/08904802016003003 |access-date=2 February 2024 |language=en |issn=0895-9048|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
A school can either be of two types, though the same word is used for both in some areas:{{cn|date=February 2024}}
===Religious teaching=== {{unsourced|section|date=February 2024}} 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=== {{unsourced|section|date=February 2024}} 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== {{unsourced|section|date=February 2024}} *Bible college (Christian) *Madrasa (Muslim) *Yeshiva (Jewish)
==See also== *Bias in curricula *Religion and children *Religious education *Religions *Secular education
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Category:Religious schools