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under 1 mi✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson, Autism)
Private schools in Lancaster, OH
7 schools in Lancaster itself. 4 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.
Order: schools on the official EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Lancaster (7)
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✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice)Grades K-12
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson, Autism)Grades 9-12139 students7.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed97% to 4-year college
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson)Grades PreK-5112 students11.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
New Story Schools
under 1 miGrades K-1236 students6 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Lancaster Montessori School
under 1 miGrades PreK-KNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Grades PreK-KLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Early childhoodCo-ed
Lancaster private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- New Story Schools, under 1 mi
- Students
- about 287 in all; the typical school has 112
- Smallest and largest
- New Story Schools, 36 students; William V. Fisher Catholic High School, 139 students
- Students per teacher
- 8 typical, 6 to 11.9 across 4 schools
- Programs
- 1 Montessori, 1 special education
- Association members
- 3, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Catholic2
- Christian, not Catholic1
- Nonsectarian2
- Not in federal survey2
- Pre-K (and up)3
- Elementary (K to 5)5
- Middle (6 to 8)2
- High school (9 to 12)3
- K to 12, one school2
- Lancaster57%
- All of Ohio63%
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.
What Ohio pays
- Program
- Ohio EdChoice Scholarship, scholarship
- Award
- $6,166 for grades K-8, $8,408 for grades 9-12
- Also
- 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.
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