Life Christian STEAM Academy
430 E Ridge Rd, Gary, IN 46409Checked against the official list (read October 26, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-5
- Students (K-12)
- 44
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Gary center
- 2.9 miles
Can you use Choice Scholarship here?
✓ On the official Indiana Choice Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The school files the application for you. The main period runs March 1 to September 1, and a half-year period runs November 1 to January 15.
Source: the official list, read October 26, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet
School facts
- Choice Scholarship students
- 56
- Teachers
- 4
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 50% boys, 50% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by the Indiana State Board of Education (full state accreditation), per the Indiana Department of Education 2025-26 school directory, file dated March 23, 2026.
- Qualified Choice awards (most the state would pay)
- $454,180
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- Choice Scholarship students and awards: Indiana Department of Education, fall 2025-26 count (counts under 10 are not published). Choice Scholarship annual report
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (13)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (3)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,170
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Indiana
- Same as the median of the 526 private schools we list
- School day, against Indiana
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (527 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 11 here; median 12.5 at 335 IN elementary schools
- Size in Lake County
- Larger than 5 of 32 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Life Christian STEAM Academy tuition, and what Choice Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
Indiana Choice Scholarship Scholarship
- Award
- About $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district
- How it varies
- 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, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Life Christian STEAM Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Choice Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Choice Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| My Safari Preparatory Academy ✓ | PreK-K | 6 | <1 |
| Ambassador Christian Academy ✓ | K-8 | 184 | <1 |
| My Safari Preparatory Academy Georgia St. Campus | PreK-K | 5 | 2 |
| Ascension Lutheran Christian School | K-5 | 52 | 2 |
| Repairer of the Breach Ministries (D211) | PreK-12 | 35 | 2 |
| Montessori Academy in the Oaks ✓ | PreK-3 | 22 | 3 |
| Andrean High School ✓ | 9-12 | 455 | 3 |
| Knighten's Educational Center ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Next Choice Scholarship date: Open now, until January 15, 2027 (Half-year application period (spring semester); the school files for you).
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