✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice)Grades 9-12432 students13.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed100% to 4-year college
Catholic schools in Columbus, OH
15 in Columbus or within 6 miles; schools in Columbus itself count at any distance from downtown. 12 are on the state’s EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
St. Mary School
3 mi✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson)Grades PreK-8348 students10.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson)Grades PreK-8385 students15.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice)Grades PreK-8409 students16.1 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice)Grades PreK-8185 students14.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson)Grades K-8231 students17.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson)Grades 9-12864 students11.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed95% to 4-year college
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson)Grades 9-12866 students11.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed85% to 4-year college
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson)Grades 9-12697 students12.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed99% to 4-year college
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice)Grades PreK-KRoman CatholicEarly childhoodCo-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson)Grades PreK-8436 students13.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice)Grades PreK-8291 students13.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-8131 students12.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades K-8270 students21.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades K-812 students2.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools near Columbus by the numbers
- Where
- all 15 in Columbus
- Students
- about 5,557 in all; the typical school has 385
- Smallest and largest
- Mater Dei Academy, 12 students; St. Francis de Sales High School, 866 students
- Students per teacher
- 13.2 typical, 2.9 to 21.6 across 15 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 12, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- To a 4-year college
- 99% of graduates at the typical high school (4 reporting)
- State program
- Scholarship, $6,166 for grades K-8, $8,408 for grades 9-12
How EdChoice works
- Pre-K (and up)8
- Elementary (K to 5)11
- Middle (6 to 8)10
- High school (9 to 12)4
- Under 501
- 50 to 1491
- 150 to 2994
- 300 to 5995
- 600 or more3
- Catholic schools here80%
- All of Ohio63%
Lowest$7,166Middle$13,000Highest$13,300
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Ohio EdChoice and Cleveland Scholarship schools, list read October 26, 2026.
- Award and rules: Ohio EdChoice Scholarship, official page, read October 2, 2026.
- Tuition for 5 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 6, 2026.
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