Hillcrest Academy
1421 540th St. Sw, Kalona, IA 52247Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- 6-12
- Students (K-12)
- 105
- Students per teacher
- 7.4
- Affiliation
- Mennonite
- From Coralville center
- 14.8 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
- 16
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 45% boys, 55% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 50%
- Setting
- Rural
- 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
- 60 to 105, up 45 (75%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (64 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 10 (27)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (5)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 5 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,270
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person and virtual
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Iowa
- 3 days longer 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
- 7.4 here; median 9.2 at 52 IA combined schools
- Size in Johnson County
- Larger than 4 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.
Hillcrest Academy 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 Hillcrest Academy?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pathway Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 80 | 4 |
| The Country School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 11 | |
| Lutheran Interparish School ✓ | PreK-8 | 83 | 14 |
| Hidaya Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 14 | |
| Hillside Christian School ✓ | 1-8 | 24 | 15 |
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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