✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-8 680 students 15.5 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Private elementary schools in West Des Moines, IA
15 in West Des Moines or within 12 miles. 12 are on the state’s Students First ESA list. Private schools that teach any grade from kindergarten through 5, going by the grade span each school gave the federal survey.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
Sacred Heart School
4 mi ✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-8 497 students 15.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Airazi Academy
5 mi ✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-5 58 students 7.4 students per teacher Islamic Co-ed
Bergman Academy
5 mi ✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-8 281 students 10.8 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-8 191 students 13.5 students per teacher Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) Co-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-8 45 students 15 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist Co-ed
Main Street School
7 mi ✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-12 12 students 2.9 students per teacher Nonsectarian Co-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades K-11 13 students 3.2 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed
Holy Trinity
7 mi ✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-8 358 students 12.6 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades PreK-8 345 students 13.9 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades K-12 74 students 8.9 students per teacher Other religious Co-ed
Joshua Christian Academy
11 mi ✓ Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) Grades K-12 199 students 8.3 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed 25% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-2 13 students 6.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
Grades PreK-8 221 students 13.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades PreK-Transitional K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
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What Iowa pays
Iowa Students First Education Savings Account Education savings account
$8,148 per student for 2026-27 Paid in two equal installments, fall and spring. Homeschooled students do not qualify.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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