Southern Tier Catholic Walsh School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-7 28 students 5.2 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Private schools in Olean, NY
3 schools in Olean itself.
Olean private schools at a glance
Olean has 3 private schools of its own. They are Southern Tier Catholic Walsh School, Southern Tier Catholic School and New Life Christian School. In Olean itself: 2 Catholic and 1 other Christian; 3 teach elementary grades and 1 teaches high school. All of them are co-ed. 1 reports membership in a school association, most often the Association of Christian Schools International (2023-24 federal survey). The typical school has about 28 students and 5.2 students per teacher (2023-24 federal survey).
2 Catholic
5.2 students per teacher, typical
Private schools in Olean (3)
Schools that give Olean as their address come first. Closest schools first. 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 Olean matches all of those.
Southern Tier Catholic School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-7 28 students 6.4 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
New Life Christian School
under 1 mi Grades K-12 52 students 2.7 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
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Paying for private school in New York
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Olean?
3 private schools give Olean as their address: Southern Tier Catholic Walsh School, Southern Tier Catholic School and New Life Christian School. Together they enrolled about 108 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Olean is New Life Christian School with 52 students.
Does New York pay for private school?
No state program pays private school tuition. No New York program pays private school tuition, and the state has no tuition tax credit or deduction. School districts provide busing to nonpublic school students who ask for it by April 1 and live within the distance limits, and lend textbooks on request.