Holy Cross Academy
8874 Pardee Rd, Saint Louis, MO 63123Open, per Google (checked Oct 11, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 402
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Saint Louis center
- 8.1 miles
Can you use MOScholars here?
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- Applying
- You apply through one of the state-approved Educational Assistance Organizations, not to the state directly.
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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
- 34
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of St. Louis, MO
- Boys and girls
- 50% boys, 50% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 118 to 402, up 284 (241%)
- Path
- Peaked at 409 in 2021-22
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 7 (55)
- Smallest grade
- Transitional kindergarten (23)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 177
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,240
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Missouri
- 3 days longer than the 174-day median of 463 schools we list
- School day, against Missouri
- About the median of 7 hours (466 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 13.2 here; median 10.8 at 269 MO elementary schools
- Size in St. Louis County
- Larger than 119 of 141 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.
Holy Cross Academy tuition, and what MOScholars pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 12, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $18,250 to $21,725 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
MOScholars Tax-credit scholarship
- Award
- Up to $7,145 per student for 2026-27, more for some students
- How it varies
- The law sets each ceiling as a share of the state adequacy target, which the Missouri education department lists as $7,145 for 2026-27: up to 100% of it for most students, 125% for students eligible for free or reduced lunch, 160% for English learners and 175% for students with an IEP. Worked example (our arithmetic, not a figure the state publishes): 175% of $7,145 is about $12,503. These are ceilings: assistance organizations may award less, and the average award in 2025-26 was $6,831.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cor Jesu Academy | $21,725 | 2026-27 | 1.2 |
| Lutheran High School South | $18,250 | 2026-27 | 1.5 |
| Ursuline Academy | $19,950 | 2026-27 | 2.0 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agape Adventure Academy | Not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| Cor Jesu Academy | 9-12 | 519 | 1 |
| Lutheran High School South | 9-12 | 550 | 2 |
| Cornerstone Christian Academy | Not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| MQP School | PreK-8 | 338 | 2 |
| Mary Queen of Peace School | PreK-8 | 338 | 2 |
| Ursuline Academy | 9-12 | 363 | 2 |
| St. Justin Martyr School | PreK-8 | 169 | 2 |
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