✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades K-8336 students16.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Ankeny, IA
6 in Ankeny or within 12 miles. 6 are on the state’s Students First ESA list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
Holy Trinity
8 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8358 students12.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8201 students13 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8221 students13.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8345 students13.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades 9-121,354 students14.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed97% to 4-year college
Catholic schools near Ankeny by the numbers
- Where
- 1 in Ankeny, 5 within 12 miles
- Students
- about 2,815 in all; the typical school has 345
- Smallest and largest
- St. Joseph Elementary School, 201 students; Dowling Catholic High School, 1,354 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.9 typical, 12.6 to 16.9 across 6 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 5, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Verified tuition
- St. Luke the Evangelist Catholic School $8,075; St. Anthony Elementary School $8,250; Dowling Catholic High School $16,272
- State program
- Education savings account, $8,148 per student for 2026-27
How Students First ESA works
- Pre-K (and up)4
- Elementary (K to 5)5
- Middle (6 to 8)5
- High school (9 to 12)1
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5993
- 600 or more1
- Catholic schools here100%
- All of Iowa89%
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: Iowa Students First Education Savings Account schools, list read October 26, 2026, checked November 4, 2026.
- Award and rules: Iowa Students First Education Savings Account, official page, read October 11, 2026.
- Tuition for 3 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 5, 2026.
Keep looking
- All private schools near Ankeny
- Christian schools in Ankeny
- Private high schools in Ankeny
- Private elementary schools in Ankeny
- Private middle schools in Ankeny
- Private schools with kindergarten in Ankeny
- Private schools with pre-K in Ankeny
- Catholic schools in Des Moines (11 mi)
- Catholic schools in West Des Moines (16 mi)
- Catholic schools in Cedar Falls (80 mi)
- Catholic schools in Waterloo (83 mi)
- Catholic schools in Gilbertville (86 mi)
- Catholic schools in Cedar Rapids (100 mi)
- Catholic schools in Dyersville (138 mi)
- Catholic schools in Remsen (143 mi)
- Catholic schools across Iowa
Put the next Students First ESA window in your calendar
Open now, until November 15, 2026 Iowa Students First ESA: 2026-27 half-year ESA application window.
Every program's dates in one calendar that updates when we confirm new dates: subscribe in Google Calendar · subscribe in Apple Calendar or Outlook · all deadlines
Free. Nothing to sign up for: the calendar file is made in your browser and nothing is sent to us. Dates can change, so confirm on the official site.