Bishop Heelan Catholic High School
1231 Grandview Blvd, Sioux City, IA 51103Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 527
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Sioux City center
- 1.1 miles
Can you use Students First ESA here?
✓ On the official Iowa ESA eligible (accredited) list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The full-year window for 2026-27 ran April 16 to June 30, 2026. A second, half-year window (House File 2754, 2026) runs from 8:00 a.m. October 15 to 11:59 p.m. November 15, 2026, for a $4,074 spring ESA. A student whose full-year application was denied or not completed may apply; a student who received a full-year ESA may not.
Source: the official list, read October 26, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 39
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Sioux City, IA
- Boys and girls
- 53% boys, 47% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 96%
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by the State of Iowa (state accreditation), per the Iowa Department of Education 2026-27 nonpublic school building directory, address file of September 30, 2026.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 496 to 527, up 31 (6%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (499 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 11 (147)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (118)
- Average a grade
- About 132
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 176
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 55 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,210
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person and virtual
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Iowa
- 1 day shorter than the 177-day median of 180 schools we list
- School day, against Iowa
- About the median of 7 hours (180 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 13.5 here; median 13.9 at 9 IA secondary schools
- Size in Woodbury County
- Larger than 7 of 8 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Bishop Heelan Catholic High School tuition, and what Students First ESA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
Iowa Students First Education Savings Account Education savings account
- Award
- $8,148 per student for 2026-27
- How it varies
- Paid in two equal installments, fall and spring. New for 2026-27: a half-year ESA of $4,074 for the spring semester. Homeschooled students do not qualify.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 11, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Bishop Heelan Catholic High School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Students First ESA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Students First ESA for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools | PreK-12 | 1,510 | <1 |
| Cathedral Dual Language Academy ✓ | PreK-4 | 67 | <1 |
| St. Pauls Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-5 | 28 | <1 |
| Holy Cross Blessed Sacrament School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| Mater Dei Sch Immaculate Conception Center ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Mater Dei School ✓ | PreK-4 | 130 | 3 |
| Sacred Heart School ✓ | PreK-8 | 333 | 3 |
| Holy Cross St. Michael School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Next Students First ESA date: Open now, until November 15, 2026 (2026-27 half-year ESA application window).
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