Clarinda Lutheran School, Clarinda, IA

Clarinda Lutheran School is a Lutheran Church private school in Clarinda, IA teaching grades K-8. It reported 81 students and about 9.4 students for every teacher in the 2023-24 federal survey.

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In Iowa an ESA can be used only at an accredited nonpublic school. Schools marked here are on the Iowa Department of Education’s accredited nonpublic school directory for 2026-27, which makes them eligible. The state calls this year’s file preliminary until October.Official Students First ESA source.

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School facts

Grades: K-8
Students: 81
Teachers: 11
Students per teacher: 9.4
Student body: Coeducational
Program: Regular
Affiliation: Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Setting: Town

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What Iowa pays, and what that leaves you

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$8,148 per student for 2026-27 Paid in two equal installments, fall and spring. Homeschooled students do not qualify.

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