Souixland Christian School
6000 Gordon Dr, Sioux City, IA 51106Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 449
- Students per teacher
- 7.8
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Sioux City center
- 3.4 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
- 59
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 45% boys, 55% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 75%
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Christian Schools International (CSI), an independent accrediting agency approved by the Iowa State Board of Education, 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
- 195 to 449, up 254 (130%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (281 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (58)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 (18)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 24; lower grades 39
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,250
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Iowa
- 5 days shorter than the 177-day median of 180 schools we list
- School day, against Iowa
- 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (180 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.8 here; median 9.2 at 52 IA combined schools
- Size in Woodbury County
- Larger than 6 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.
Souixland Christian School tuition, and what Students First ESA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 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 Souixland Christian School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Students First ESA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mater Dei School ✓ | PreK-4 | 130 | 2 |
| Mater Dei Sch Immaculate Conception Center ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Mater Dei School-Nativity ✓ | PreK-8 | 263 | 2 |
| St. Pauls Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-5 | 28 | 4 |
| Cathedral Dual Language Academy ✓ | PreK-4 | 67 | 4 |
| Bishop Heelan Catholic High School ✓ | 9-12 | 527 | 5 |
| Bishop Heelan Catholic Schools | PreK-12 | 1,510 | 5 |
| Holy Cross St. Michael School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 5 | |
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