St. Peter's Lutheran School
under 1 mi✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades K-8418 students14.7 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Private schools in Columbus, IN
9 schools in Columbus itself and 2 more within 12 miles. 9 of them are on the state’s Choice Scholarship list. Choice Scholarship pays about $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district.
Order: schools on the official Choice Scholarship list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Columbus (9)
No matching schools.
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades K-8385 students12.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-12409 students12.9 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed80% to 4-year college
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-KLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Early childhoodCo-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades K-8111 students11.9 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Grades PreK-KNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (2)
No matching schools.
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
Grades PreK-1215 students7.5 students per teacherPentecostalCo-ed33% to 4-year college
Columbus private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- St. Peter's Lutheran School, under 1 mi
- Nearby schools by town
- Edinburgh (2)
- Students
- about 1,338 in all; the typical school has 385
- Smallest and largest
- Tabernacle Christian School, 15 students; St. Peter's Lutheran School, 418 students
- Students per teacher
- 12 typical, 2.5 to 14.7 across 7 schools
- Programs
- 1 Montessori
- Association members
- 3, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 1, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in this state
- Catholic1
- Christian, not Catholic5
- Nonsectarian1
- Not in federal survey4
In ColumbusWithin 12 mi
- Pre-K (and up)4
- Elementary (K to 5)7
- Middle (6 to 8)5
- High school (9 to 12)2
- K to 12, one school2
In ColumbusWithin 12 mi
- Under 501
- 50 to 1491
- 150 to 2990
- 300 to 5993
- Columbus area82%
- All of Indiana66%
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: Indiana Choice Scholarship schools, list read October 26, 2026, checked October 28, 2026.
- Award and rules: Indiana Choice Scholarship, official page, read October 1, 2026.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
What Indiana pays
- Program
- Indiana Choice Scholarship, scholarship
- Award
- About $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district
- Also
- These are the state’s 2026-27 estimates. The award is the lesser of that figure or the school’s tuition and fees.
Keep looking
- Christian schools in and around Columbus (5)
- Private elementary schools in and around Columbus (7)
- Private middle schools in and around Columbus (5)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Columbus (4)
- Lutheran schools in and around Columbus (3)
- All schools in Bartholomew County
- All schools in Johnson County
- Private schools in Seymour (18 mi)
- Private schools in Greenwood (29 mi)
- Private schools in Bloomington (32 mi)
- Private schools in Bedford (39 mi)
- Private schools in Indianapolis (41 mi)
- Private schools in Madison (42 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Indiana Choice Scholarship schools
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