✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice) Grades K-6
Private schools in Defiance, OH
3 schools in Defiance itself. 2 of them are on the state’s EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list. EdChoice pays $6,166 for grades K-8, $8,408 for grades 9-12.
Defiance private schools at a glance
Defiance has 3 private schools of its own. They are Defiance Christian Academy, Holy Cross Catholic School and St. John Lutheran School. In Defiance itself: 1 Catholic, 1 other Christian and 1 not reported in the federal survey; 3 teach elementary grades and 0 teach high school. The typical school has about 84 students and 10.8 per teacher (2023-24 federal survey). 2 are on the official EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list.
Private schools in Defiance (3)
Schools that give Defiance as their address come first. Schools on the official EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list are first, then it goes by distance. 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 Defiance matches all of those.
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson, Autism) Grades PreK-5 84 students 10.8 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
St. John Lutheran School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-8 79 students 9.4 students per teacher Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) Co-ed
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What Ohio pays, and what that leaves you
Ohio EdChoice Scholarship Scholarship
$6,166 for grades K-8, $8,408 for grades 9-12 Families at or below 450% of the poverty level ($148,500 for a family of four) get the full amount. Above that it is scaled down.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Tuition and fees EdChoice pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
EdChoice pays between $6,166 and $8,408 depending on grade. We start with the lower figure. Change it if you know yours. An award can never be more than the school actually charges. This is arithmetic, not a quote.
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Defiance?
3 private schools give Defiance as their address: Defiance Christian Academy, Holy Cross Catholic School and St. John Lutheran School. Together they enrolled about 163 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Defiance is Holy Cross Catholic School with 84 students.
Which Defiance private schools take EdChoice?
2 of the 3 schools on this page are on the state’s official EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list. They are marked with a green check and listed first. Schools marked here are chartered nonpublic schools listed as EdChoice or Cleveland Scholarship providers for 2026-27 in the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce Scholarship Provider Directory. We loaded the directory’s export on October 6, 2026: 672 schools. The mark also names the Jon Peterson Special Needs and Autism scholarships when the school takes them. We match by school name and city, or by phone or street where the names differ. A school without the mark may have joined since, so check the state directory too.
Will EdChoice cover the whole tuition bill?
Sometimes, but do not count on it. EdChoice pays $6,166 for grades K-8, $8,408 for grades 9-12, and schools set their own prices. Ask each school for tuition plus fees, then use the calculator on this page to see what is left for you to pay.