St. Dominic Elementary School
under 1 mi ✓ Kansas Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Grades PreK-6 121 students 12.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Private schools in Garden City, KS
3 schools in Garden City itself. 2 of them are on the state’s TCLISS list. TCLISS pays up to $8,000 per student per year.
Garden City private schools at a glance
Garden City has 3 private schools of its own. They are St. Dominic Elementary School, St. Mary and High Plains Christian School. In Garden City itself: 2 Catholic and 1 other Christian; 3 teach elementary grades and 0 teach high school. All of them are co-ed. The typical school has about 121 students and 12.3 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey). 2 are on the official TCLISS list.
Private schools in Garden City (3)
Schools that give Garden City as their address come first. Schools on the official TCLISS list are first, then it goes by distance. No school can pay to change its place in this list or its badge.
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.
No school in Garden City matches all of those.
St. Mary
2 mi ✓ Kansas Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Grades PreK-6 123 students 11.8 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Grades K-8 28 students 14 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist Co-ed
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What Kansas pays, and what that leaves you
Kansas Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Program Tax-credit scholarship
Up to $8,000 per student per year Each scholarship organization sets the amount. EdChoice reports an average of $3,065 in 2023-24.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Tuition and fees TCLISS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Garden City?
3 private schools give Garden City as their address: St. Dominic Elementary School, St. Mary and High Plains Christian School. Together they enrolled about 272 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Garden City is St. Mary with 123 students.
Which Garden City private schools take TCLISS?
2 of the 3 schools on this page are on the state’s official TCLISS list. They are marked with a green check and listed first. The Kansas State Department of Education publishes a spreadsheet of participating qualified schools (updated March 2026) and a PDF of certified scholarship organizations dated May 12, 2026. Schools marked with the badge here appear on that spreadsheet; we match by school name and city, or by a name that appears only once in the state.
Will TCLISS cover the whole tuition bill?
Sometimes, but do not count on it. TCLISS pays up to $8,000 per student per year, and schools set their own prices. Ask each school for tuition plus fees, then use the calculator on this page to see what is left for you to pay.