✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Private schools in Clinton, IA
5 schools in Clinton itself. 4 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 Clinton (5)
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✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades 6-1230 students12 students per teacherIslamicAll-boys
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-12214 students13.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed20% to 4-year college
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Grades K-8222 students15.9 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed
Clinton private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- The Arc Christian Academy, 1.9 mi
- Students
- about 466 in all; the typical school has 214
- Smallest and largest
- The Lighthouse Schools, 30 students; Diamond Star Academy, 222 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.5 typical, 12 to 15.9 across 3 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- 1 all-boys
- Association members
- 1, the National Catholic Educational Association
- Catholic1
- Islamic1
- Nonsectarian1
- Not in federal survey2
- Pre-K (and up)1
- Elementary (K to 5)2
- Middle (6 to 8)3
- High school (9 to 12)2
- K to 12, one school1
- Clinton80%
- 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.
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.
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