St. Francis Xavier School
under 1 miGrades PreK-8199 students14.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Private schools in Saint Joseph, MO
9 schools in Saint Joseph 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 Saint Joseph (9)
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Grades 9-12148 students9.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed90% to 4-year college
Bishop Leblond
1 miGrades 9-12150 students11.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed75% to 4-year college
Grades K-8161 students12.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades K-1230 students6.5 students per teacherAssembly of GodAlternativeCo-ed50% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-8322 students28.5 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Grades PreK-12452 students13 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed75% to 4-year college
St. James School
4 miGrades PreK-888 students6.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades K-1217 students3.5 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Special program emphasisCo-ed
Saint Joseph private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- St. Francis Xavier School, under 1 mi
- Students
- about 1,567 in all; the typical school has 150
- Smallest and largest
- Hosanna Christian School, 17 students; St. Joseph Christian School, 452 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.9 typical, 3.5 to 28.5 across 9 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 2, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- To a 4-year college
- 75% of graduates at the typical high school (4 reporting)
- Pre-K (and up)4
- Elementary (K to 5)7
- Middle (6 to 8)7
- High school (9 to 12)5
- K to 12, one school3
- Under 502
- 50 to 1492
- 150 to 2993
- 300 to 5992
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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- Private schools with pre-K in and around Saint Joseph (4)
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