McAuley Catholic High School
under 1 miGrades 9-1256 students3.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed95% to 4-year college
Private schools in Joplin, MO
6 schools in Joplin itself. MOScholars pays up to $7,145 per student for 2026-27, more for some students.
Order: nearest first. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Joplin (6)
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St. Peters Middle School
under 1 miGrades 6-853 students4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-752 students4.7 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Grades PreK-12294 students8.8 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed100% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-12571 students12 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed76% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-599 students10.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Joplin private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- McAuley Catholic High School, under 1 mi
- Students
- about 1,125 in all; the typical school has 99
- Smallest and largest
- Martin Luther School, 52 students; College Heights Christian School, 571 students
- Students per teacher
- 8.8 typical, 3.7 to 12 across 6 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 4, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- To a 4-year college
- 95% of graduates at the typical high school (3 reporting)
- Catholic3
- Christian, not Catholic2
- Nonsectarian1
- Pre-K (and up)4
- Elementary (K to 5)4
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)3
- K to 12, one school2
- 50 to 1494
- 150 to 2991
- 300 to 5991
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.
What Missouri pays
- Program
- MOScholars, tax-credit scholarship
- Award
- Up to $7,145 per student for 2026-27, more for some students
- Also
- The law sets each ceiling as a share of the state adequacy target, which the Missouri education department lists as $7,145 for 2026-27: up to 100% of it for most students, 125% for students eligible for free or reduced lunch, 160% for English learners and 175% for students with an IEP. Worked example (our arithmetic, not a figure the state publishes): 175% of $7,145 is about $12,503. These are ceilings: assistance organizations may award less, and the average award in 2025-26 was $6,831.
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