✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades 6-1230 students12 students per teacherIslamicAll-boys
Private middle schools in Clinton, IA
3 in Clinton or within 12 miles. 2 are on the state’s Students First ESA list. Private schools that teach any of grades 6, 7 or 8, going by each school’s grade span in the 2023-24 federal survey (or, for schools new since then, the state’s official list). Many also teach elementary or high school grades.
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-12214 students13.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed20% to 4-year college
Grades K-8222 students15.9 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed
Private middle schools near Clinton by the numbers
- Where
- all 3 in Clinton
- 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; the rest co-ed
- Association members
- 1, the National Catholic Educational Association
- 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.
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