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Regina Catholic Elementary School

2120 Rochester Ave, Iowa City, IA 52245Checked against the official list (read October 26, 2026)

Key facts

Tuition
Not published
Grades
K-6
Students (K-12)
509
Students per teacher
17
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
From Iowa City center
1.5 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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

School facts

Teachers
30
Student body
Coeducational
Diocese
Diocese of Davenport, IA
Boys and girls
47% boys, 53% girls
Setting
City
Member of
National Catholic Educational Association

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Students and school year

Students by grade, 2023-24

55 K 74 1 68 2 72 3 77 4 78 5 85 6
Largest grade
Grade 6 (85)
Smallest grade
Kindergarten (55)
Average a grade
About 73

The school year

Days in the school year
173
Length of the school day
7 hours
Hours of school a year
about 1,210
Kindergarten
Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24
In person
Library or media center
Yes
Year, against Iowa
4 days shorter 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

This school 17 IA median 10.9
Students per teacher
This school 509 County median 105
Students vs county median
Students per teacher
17 here; median 10.9 at 108 IA elementary schools
Size in Johnson County
Largest of the 9 schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

White 71% Hispanic 11% Black 9% Two or more races 5% Asian 4% American Indian under 1%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Regina Catholic Elementary School tuition, and what Students First ESA pays

Published tuition
No verified figure yet
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

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Other private schools nearby

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
Regina Elementary School ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey<1
Regina Catholic Education Center Jr/Sr High ✓7-1240015.6Roman Catholic<1
Willowwind School ✓PreK-6577.7Nonsectarian1
Iowa Conservatory ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey1
Tamarack Discovery School ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey1
Ehsan Islamic School ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey2
Ehsan Fitra Academy ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey2
Faith Academy ✓K-611510.4Christian (nondenominational)2

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