Special education schools in Missouri
20 statewide. Schools whose main program is special education.
Special education schools in Missouri at a glance
- Share of the state’s private schools
- 4%, 20 of 514
- Towns
- 13; the most in Saint Louis (7) and Kansas City (2)
- Counties
- 5 with at least one
- Students
- about 839 in all; the typical school has 41
- Smallest and largest
- South City Catholic Academy Learning Center, 14 students; Miriam School, 111 students
- Students per teacher
- 6.4 typical, 2 to 20.5 across 19 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 3, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- To a 4-year college
- 0% of graduates at the typical high school (10 reporting)
- Verified tuition
- Academy of St. Louis $31,500
- State program
- Tax-credit scholarship, up to $7,145 per student for 2026-27, more for some students
How MOScholars works
- Catholic4
- Christian, not Catholic1
- Nonsectarian15
- Elementary (K to 5)13
- Middle (6 to 8)14
- High school (9 to 12)13
- K to 12, one school4
- Under 5012
- 50 to 1496
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.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 14, 2026.
The 20 largest
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Lesanto's Healing Hands Learning Center | PreK-Transitional K | 300 |
| Miriam School | Ungraded | 111 |
| Logos School | 6-12 | 106 |
| Gillis Center School | K-8 | 63 |
| KVC Academy | K-12 | 61 |
| CDD-Rainbow Center | Ungraded | 58 |
| High Road School of Wright City | 3-12 | 53 |
| Nova Center | K-12 | 48 |
| Miriam High School | 9-12 | 48 |
| Promise Christian Academy | K-12 | 41 |
| High Road School of Boone County | K-12 | 41 |
| Cornerstone With Care - Ozanam School | 8-12 | 38 |
| Academy of St. Louis | 1-12 | 36 |
| Ech School at Every Childs Hope | 1-12 | 34 |
| Giant Steps of St. Louis | Transitional 1st-12 | 28 |
| Infinity Academy | 5-12 | 21 |
| Annunziata School | Ungraded | 18 |
| Central Institute for the Deaf | Ungraded | 18 |
| South City Catholic Academy Learning Center | 2-8 | 14 |
| Marygrove Services | 4-9 | 2 |
Other kinds of school in Missouri
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- Private schools with pre-K in Missouri
- Jewish schools in Missouri
- Islamic schools in Missouri
- Lutheran schools in Missouri
- Seventh-day Adventist schools in Missouri
- All-girls schools in Missouri
- All-boys schools in Missouri
- All private schools in Missouri
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