Trinity Lutheran School
under 1 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Private schools in Cedar Rapids, IA
15 schools in Cedar Rapids itself and 1 more within 6 miles. 14 of them are on the state’s Students First ESA list. Students First ESA pays $8,148 per student for 2026-27.
Order: schools on the official Students First ESA list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Cedar Rapids (15)
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Iccr Academy
2 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-4190 students11.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8341 students10.1 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-5114 students11.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades 6-8317 students13.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-5206 students13 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-12201 students10.8 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed0% to 4-year college
Summit Schools
4 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8111 students10.8 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades K-5358 students13.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades 9-12593 students14.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed90% to 4-year college
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Grades PreK-Transitional 1st51 students7.3 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Nearby, within 6 miles (1)
No matching schools.
Grades PreK-Transitional KNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Cedar Rapids private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Trinity Lutheran School, under 1 mi
- Students
- about 2,482 in all; the typical school has 206
- Smallest and largest
- Cedar Valley Montessori School, 51 students; Xavier High School, 593 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.5 typical, 7.3 to 14.5 across 11 schools
- Programs
- 3 Montessori
- Association members
- 8, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 2, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in Cedar Rapids
- Catholic7
- Christian, not Catholic1
- Nonsectarian3
- Not in federal survey5
In Cedar RapidsWithin 6 mi
- Pre-K (and up)7
- Elementary (K to 5)9
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)2
- K to 12, one school1
In Cedar RapidsWithin 6 mi
- 50 to 1493
- 150 to 2993
- 300 to 5994
- Cedar Rapids area88%
- 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.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
What Iowa pays
- Program
- Iowa Students First Education Savings Account, education savings account
- Award
- $8,148 per student for 2026-27
- Also
- Paid in two equal installments, fall and spring. New for 2026-27: a half-year ESA of $4,074 for the spring semester. Homeschooled students do not qualify.
Keep looking
- Catholic schools in and around Cedar Rapids (7)
- Montessori schools in and around Cedar Rapids (3)
- Private elementary schools in and around Cedar Rapids (9)
- Private middle schools in and around Cedar Rapids (4)
- Private schools with kindergarten in and around Cedar Rapids (8)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Cedar Rapids (7)
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- All schools in Linn County
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- Private schools in Independence (36 mi)
- Private schools in Gilbertville (42 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Iowa Students First Education Savings Account schools
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