✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades K-12146 students9.4 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed88% to 4-year college
Christian schools in Cedar Falls, IA
3 in Cedar Falls or within 12 miles. 3 are on the state’s Students First ESA list. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-12312 students14.9 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed20% to 4-year college
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-636 students8 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Christian schools near Cedar Falls by the numbers
- Where
- 1 in Cedar Falls, 2 within 12 miles
- Students
- about 494 in all; the typical school has 146
- Smallest and largest
- Royal Legacy Christian Academy, 36 students; Waterloo Christian School, 312 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.4 typical, 8 to 14.9 across 3 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 1, the Association of Christian Schools International
- Verified tuition
- Royal Legacy Christian Academy $9,153
- State program
- Education savings account, $8,148 per student for 2026-27
How Students First ESA works
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 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 5, 2026.
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