✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-8212 students17.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Private schools in Merrillville, IN
5 schools in Merrillville itself and 12 more within 6 miles. 12 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 Merrillville (5)
No matching schools.
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades 9-12455 students13.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed98% to 4-year college
Grades K-Transitional KNonsectarianEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades KNonsectarianEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-KNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Nearby, within 6 miles (12)
No matching schools.
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-8145 students8.3 students per teacherIslamicCo-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-322 students11 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-8157 students5.7 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-8166 students12.4 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-854 students8.2 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades K-811 students11 students per teacherSeventh-Day AdventistCo-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades PreK-KNonsectarianEarly childhoodCo-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades K-544 students11 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Indiana Choice ScholarshipGrades K-8184 students12.9 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Grades PreK-KNonsectarianEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades K-552 students17.3 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Merrillville private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Happy Days Child Care Center, 1.5 mi
- Nearby schools by town
- Gary (5), Crown Point (4) and Hobart (2)
- Students
- about 1,502 in all; the typical school has 145
- Smallest and largest
- Northwest Adventist Christian School, 11 students; Andrean High School, 455 students
- Students per teacher
- 11 typical, 5 to 17.3 across 15 schools
- Programs
- 2 Montessori
- Association members
- 3, most often the American Montessori Society
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 14, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in Merrillville
- Catholic2
- Christian, not Catholic6
- Islamic1
- Nonsectarian7
- Not in federal survey1
In MerrillvilleWithin 6 mi
- Pre-K (and up)9
- Elementary (K to 5)15
- Middle (6 to 8)7
- High school (9 to 12)1
In MerrillvilleWithin 6 mi
- Under 503
- 50 to 1493
- 150 to 2994
- 300 to 5991
- Merrillville area71%
- 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.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 5, 2026.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
Private school tuition near Merrillville
| School | Published tuition | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Andrean High School | $11,750 | 2025-26 |
Prices from each school’s own website, read in October 2026; fees can be extra. Tuition by state.
Every verified price in Indiana, by city and grade.
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 Merrillville (6)
- Private elementary schools in and around Merrillville (15)
- Private middle schools in and around Merrillville (7)
- Private schools with kindergarten in and around Merrillville (14)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Merrillville (9)
- Lutheran schools in and around Merrillville (3)
- All schools in Lake County
- Private schools in Crown Point (5 mi)
- Private schools in Schererville (7 mi)
- Private schools in Gary (8 mi)
- Private schools in Highland (9 mi)
- Private schools in Dyer (10 mi)
- Private schools in Hammond (14 mi)
- Private schools in Valparaiso (14 mi)
- Private schools in Demotte (20 mi)
- Private schools in Michigan City (28 mi)
- Private schools in Laporte (33 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Indiana Choice Scholarship schools
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