Roman Avery Academy
1 mi ✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice) Grades K-8
Private schools in Lorain, OH
3 schools in Lorain itself and 7 more within 6 miles. 9 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.
Lorain private schools at a glance
Lorain has 3 private schools of its own, and 7 more are within 6 miles. They are Roman Avery Academy, St. Peter School and St. Anthony of Padua School. In Lorain itself: 2 Catholic and 1 not reported in the federal survey; 3 teach elementary grades and 0 teach high school. Of the 7 nearby: 3 Catholic, 1 other Christian and 3 not reported in the federal survey. The typical school has about 223 students and 14.7 per teacher (2023-24 federal survey). 9 are on the official EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list, 3 of them in Lorain.
5 Catholic
14.7 students per teacher, typical
4 in a school association
Private schools in Lorain (3)
Schools that give Lorain as their address come first, then the 7 more within 6 miles. In each group, 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 Lorain matches all of those.
St. Peter School
1 mi ✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Jon Peterson, Autism) Grades PreK-8 319 students 17.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice) Grades PreK-8 216 students 15.1 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Nearby, within 6 miles (7)
Schools in other towns within 6 miles of downtown Lorain.
No nearby school matches all of those.
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice) Grades PreK-8 181 students 11.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Special program emphasis Co-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice) Grades PreK-12
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Cleveland) Grades K-8 42 students 10.5 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist Co-ed
✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice) Grades K-5
Elyria Catholic
5 mi ✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Cleveland, Jon Peterson, Autism) Grades 9-12
St. Jude School
6 mi ✓ Ohio Scholarships (EdChoice, Cleveland, Jon Peterson, Autism) Grades PreK-8 513 students 14.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
St. Anthony of Padua
3 mi Grades PreK-8 223 students 11.1 students per teacher Roman Catholic 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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Keep looking
- Catholic schools in and around Lorain (5)
- Private elementary schools in and around Lorain (9)
- Private middle schools in and around Lorain (8)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Lorain (6)
- All schools in Lorain County
- Private schools in Elyria (5 mi)
- Private schools in Avon (8 mi)
- Private schools in Westlake (12 mi)
- Private schools in Rocky River (16 mi)
- Private schools in Lakewood (19 mi)
- Private schools in Parma Heights (21 mi)
- Private schools in Parma (23 mi)
- Private schools in Cleveland (25 mi)
- Private schools in Medina (26 mi)
- Private schools in Cleveland Heights (32 mi)
- Ohio EdChoice Scholarship: amount and eligibility
- All Ohio EdChoice Scholarship schools
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Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there in Lorain?
3 private schools give Lorain as their address: Roman Avery Academy, St. Peter School and St. Anthony of Padua School. Counting nearby towns, we list 10: 3 in Lorain and 7 within 6 miles of downtown. Together they enrolled about 1,494 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest in Lorain is St. Peter School with 319 students. The largest within 6 miles is St. Jude School with 513 students.
Which Lorain private schools take EdChoice?
9 of the 10 schools on this page are on the state’s official EdChoice / Cleveland Scholarship list, 3 of them in Lorain itself. They are marked with a green check and listed first in each group. 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.