St. Pauls Lutheran School
under 1 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-528 students5.6 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Private schools in Sioux City, IA
11 schools in Sioux City itself. 10 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 Sioux City (11)
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Cathedral Dual Language Academy
under 1 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-467 students10.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicSpecial program emphasisCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades 9-12527 students13.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed96% to 4-year college
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
Mater Dei School
2 mi✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-4130 students8.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-12449 students7.8 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed75% to 4-year college
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8263 students26.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8333 students9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-121,510 students13 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed84% to 4-year college
Sioux City private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- St. Pauls Lutheran School, under 1 mi
- Students
- about 3,307 in all; the typical school has 333
- Smallest and largest
- St. Pauls Lutheran School, 28 students; Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools, 1,510 students
- Students per teacher
- 10.2 typical, 5.6 to 26.3 across 8 schools
- Association members
- 8, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- To a 4-year college
- 84% of graduates at the typical high school (3 reporting)
- Catholic6
- Christian, not Catholic2
- Not in federal survey3
- Pre-K (and up)7
- Elementary (K to 5)7
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)3
- K to 12, one school2
- Under 501
- 50 to 1492
- 150 to 2991
- 300 to 5993
- 600 or more1
- Sioux City91%
- 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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