Sacred Heart Jr-Sr High School
under 1 mi ✓ Kansas Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Grades 7-12 191 students 8.6 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed 76% to 4-year college
Private schools in Salina, KS
4 schools in Salina itself. 2 of them are on the state’s TCLISS list. TCLISS pays up to $8,000 per student per year.
Salina private schools at a glance
Salina has 4 private schools of its own. They are Sacred Heart Jr-Sr High School, St. Mary's Grade School, St. Mary Queen of the Universe School and Cornerstone Classical School. In Salina itself: 2 Catholic, 1 other Christian and 1 not reported in the federal survey; 2 teach elementary grades and 2 teach high school. The typical school has about 191 students and 8.9 per teacher (2023-24 federal survey). 2 are on the official TCLISS list.
2 Catholic
8.9 students per teacher, typical
3 in a school association
Private schools in Salina (4)
Schools that give Salina 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 Salina matches all of those.
St. Mary's Grade School
under 1 mi ✓ Kansas Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship
St. Mary Queen of the Universe School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-6 278 students 11.2 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Cornerstone Classical School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-12 110 students 8.9 students per teacher Calvinist Special program emphasis Co-ed
On the state’s official list Other private schools
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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 Salina?
4 private schools give Salina as their address: Sacred Heart Jr-Sr High School, St. Mary's Grade School, St. Mary Queen of the Universe School and Cornerstone Classical School. Together they enrolled about 579 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Salina is St. Mary Queen of the Universe School with 278 students.
Which Salina private schools take TCLISS?
2 of the 4 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.