St. Benedict School
under 1 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8145 students10.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Private schools in Decorah, IA
4 schools in Decorah itself and 2 more within 12 miles. 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 Decorah (4)
No matching schools.
Northeast Iowa Montessori School
under 1 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-623 students9.6 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Crossroads Academy
under 1 miGrades 1-1228 students5.8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed0% to 4-year college
Ne Iowa Montessori School
under 1 miGrades PreK-721 students2.9 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (2)
No matching schools.
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Decorah private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Crossroads Academy, under 1 mi
- Students
- about 217 in all; the typical school has 28
- Smallest and largest
- Ne Iowa Montessori School, 21 students; St. Benedict School, 145 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.6 typical, 2.9 to 10.4 across 4 schools
- Programs
- 2 Montessori, 1 special education
- Association members
- 3, most often the American Montessori Society
- Catholic1
- Nonsectarian3
- Not in federal survey2
- Pre-K (and up)3
- Elementary (K to 5)4
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)1
In DecorahWithin 12 mi
- Decorah area67%
- 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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