Esm Lutheran School, Fort Wayne, IN

Esm Lutheran School is a Lutheran Church private school in Fort Wayne, IN teaching grades PreK-8. It reported 379 students and about 17.3 students for every teacher in the 2023-24 federal survey.

Can you use Choice Scholarship here?

Not on the Choice Scholarship list we read

Schools marked here appear on the 2026-27 participating schools sheet published by the Indiana Department of Education.Official Choice Scholarship source.

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School facts

Grades: PreK-8
Students: 379
Teachers: 28
Students per teacher: 17.3
Student body: Coeducational
Program: Regular
Affiliation: Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Setting: City

These are the numbers the school gave the U.S. Department of Education for the 2023-24 school year, published in July 2026. Enrollment and staffing move every year, so ask the school for today’s figures. Where this comes from. Something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.

What Indiana pays, and what that leaves you

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Indiana Choice Scholarship Scholarship

About $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district These are the state’s 2026-27 estimates. The award is the lesser of that figure or the school’s tuition and fees.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, 2026-09-20. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Esm Lutheran School?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms Choice Scholarship award Children

Choice Scholarship pays between $6,033 and $8,329 depending on your household. We start with the lower figure. Change it if you know yours. An award can never be more than the school actually charges. This is arithmetic, not a quote.

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Emmanuel-St. Michael School ✓	PreK-8	379	18	Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)	<1
Alyssum Montessori School ✓					<1
St. Paul's Lutheran School ✓	PreK-8	126	12.2	Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)	<1
St. Joseph Catholic School	PreK-8	152	11.7	Roman Catholic	<1
Most Precious Blood Catholic School	PreK-8	181	15.1	Roman Catholic	1
Queen of Angels School ✓	PreK-8	132	7.3	Roman Catholic	2
Redeemer Classical School	1-10	45	8.5	Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)	2
St. John the Baptist ✓	PreK-8	301	15.1	Roman Catholic	2

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