St. Joseph the Worker School
under 1 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Private schools in Dubuque, IA
12 schools in Dubuque itself and 1 more within 6 miles. 11 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 Dubuque (12)
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✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-5508 students32.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicSpecial program emphasisCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades K-5286 students14.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-5291 students17 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Holy Ghost
2 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades 2-5Under 10 K-12 studentsNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Grades PreK-121,649 students13.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed89% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-5290 students18.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Nearby, within 6 miles (1)
No matching schools.
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades K-12181 students9.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed80% to 4-year college
Dubuque private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- St. Joseph the Worker School, under 1 mi
- Students
- about 3,210 in all; the typical school has 291
- Smallest and largest
- Tri-State Christian School, 181 students; Holy Family Catholic Schools, 1,649 students
- Students per teacher
- 14.2 typical, 5 to 32.2 across 7 schools
- Programs
- 1 Montessori
- Association members
- 4, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Catholic5
- Christian, not Catholic1
- Nonsectarian1
- Not in federal survey6
In DubuqueWithin 6 mi
- Pre-K (and up)4
- Elementary (K to 5)7
- Middle (6 to 8)2
- High school (9 to 12)2
- K to 12, one school2
In DubuqueWithin 6 mi
- 150 to 2994
- 300 to 5991
- 600 or more1
- Dubuque area85%
- 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.
Keep looking
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- Private schools with kindergarten in and around Dubuque (6)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Dubuque (4)
- All schools in Dubuque County
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