Grades PreK-12249 students12.2 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed25% to 4-year college
Christian schools in Independence, MO
6 in Independence or within 12 miles. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
Grades PreK-8130 students11.7 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Grades PreK-851 students11.9 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Grades PreK-12113 students9.4 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed0% to 4-year college
Lees Summit Academy
11 miGrades K-1298 students9.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed33% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-1253 students7.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed0% to 4-year college
Christian schools near Independence by the numbers
- Where
- 0 in Independence, 6 within 12 miles
- Students
- about 694 in all; the typical school has 113
- Smallest and largest
- Harvest Christian School, 51 students; Plaza Heights Christian Academy, 249 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.7 typical, 7.1 to 12.2 across 6 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 4, most often the Association of Christian Schools International
- To a 4-year college
- 25% of graduates at the typical high school (4 reporting)
- State program
- Tax-credit scholarship, up to $7,145 per student for 2026-27, more for some students
How MOScholars works
- Pre-K (and up)5
- Elementary (K to 5)6
- Middle (6 to 8)6
- High school (9 to 12)4
- K to 12, one school4
- 50 to 1495
- 150 to 2991
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Award and rules: MOScholars, official page, read October 7, 2026.
Keep looking
- All private schools near Independence
- Catholic schools in Independence
- Private high schools in Independence
- Private elementary schools in Independence
- Private middle schools in Independence
- Private schools with pre-K in Independence
- Christian schools in Blue Springs (7 mi)
- Christian schools in Kansas City (11 mi)
- Christian schools in Lees Summit (11 mi)
- Christian schools in Belton (21 mi)
- Christian schools in Saint Joseph (53 mi)
- Christian schools in Sedalia (66 mi)
- Christian schools in Jamesport (68 mi)
- Christian schools in Columbia (109 mi)
- Christian schools across Missouri
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