✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice) Grades K-6
Private elementary schools in Defiance, OH
3 in Defiance or within 12 miles. 2 are on the state’s EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list. Private schools that teach any grade from kindergarten through 5, going by each school’s grade span in the federal survey (or, for schools new since then, the state’s official list).
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.
✓ 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
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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