✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades K-5321 students11.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Waterloo, IA
5 in Waterloo or within 6 miles. 3 are on the state’s Students First ESA list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades 6-8175 students10.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited)Grades PreK-8176 students9.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-12733 students12.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed48% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12733 students12.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed48% to 4-year college
Catholic schools near Waterloo by the numbers
- Where
- 4 in Waterloo, 1 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 2,138 in all; the typical school has 321
- Smallest and largest
- Blessed Maria Assunta Pallotta, 175 students; Cedar Valley Catholic School System, 733 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.9 typical, 9.8 to 12.9 across 5 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 4, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- 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)4
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)2
- K to 12, one school2
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5991
- 600 or more2
- Catholic schools here60%
- 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.
Keep looking
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- Catholic schools in Dubuque (84 mi)
- Catholic schools in Des Moines (91 mi)
- Catholic schools in West Des Moines (98 mi)
- Catholic schools across Iowa
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