✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades K-12199 students8.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed25% to 4-year college
Christian schools in Des Moines, IA
5 in Des Moines or within 6 miles; schools in Des Moines itself count at any distance from downtown. 5 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-845 students15 students per teacherSeventh-Day AdventistCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8191 students13.5 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-5458 students19.2 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades K-1113 students3.2 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Christian schools near Des Moines by the numbers
- Where
- all 5 in Des Moines
- Students
- about 906 in all; the typical school has 191
- Smallest and largest
- Gospel Assembly Christian Academy, 13 students; Grand View Christian School, 458 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.5 typical, 3.2 to 19.2 across 5 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- State program
- Education savings account, $8,148 per student for 2026-27
How Students First ESA works
- Pre-K (and up)3
- Elementary (K to 5)5
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)2
- K to 12, one school1
- Under 502
- 50 to 1490
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5991
- Christian schools here100%
- 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.
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