St. Joseph School
under 1 mi✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades K-8248 students11.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Private schools in Decatur, IN
4 schools in Decatur itself and 5 more within 12 miles. 5 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 Decatur (4)
No matching schools.
Three Oaks Christian School
under 1 mi✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-1270 students6.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed60% to 4-year college
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-863 students10.7 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Zion Lutheran School
under 1 miGrades PreK-875 students12.3 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (5)
No matching schools.
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-885 students7.4 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-889 students11.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Oak Grove School
9 miGrades 1-846 students19.2 students per teacherAmishCo-ed
Grades K-855 students10 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Shady Lane School
10 miGrades 1-839 students19.5 students per teacherAmishCo-ed
Decatur private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- St. Joseph School, under 1 mi
- Nearby schools by town
- Monroe (2) and Monroeville (2)
- Students
- about 770 in all; the typical school has 70
- Smallest and largest
- Shady Lane School, 39 students; St. Joseph School, 248 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.5 typical, 6.1 to 19.5 across 9 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 2, most often the Association of Classical and Christian Schools
- Catholic2
- Christian, not Catholic7
In DecaturWithin 12 mi
- Pre-K (and up)5
- Elementary (K to 5)9
- Middle (6 to 8)9
- High school (9 to 12)1
- K to 12, one school1
In DecaturWithin 12 mi
- Under 502
- 50 to 1496
- 150 to 2991
- Decatur area56%
- 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.
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 Decatur (7)
- Private elementary schools in and around Decatur (9)
- Private schools with kindergarten in and around Decatur (7)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Decatur (5)
- Lutheran schools in and around Decatur (4)
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- Private schools in Fort Wayne (21 mi)
- Private schools in Grabill (26 mi)
- Private schools in Marion (43 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Indiana Choice Scholarship schools
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