St. John Newmann Catholic School, Columbia SC: Accepts ESTF

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-6
Students (K-12): 255
Students per teacher: 11.8
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
From Columbia center: 3.5 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use ESTF here?

✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.

Source: the official list, dated September 28, 2026.

What you would pay here

Net cost: Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website

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School facts

Teachers: 22
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Diocese of Charleston, SC
Setting: Suburb

Member of: National Catholic Educational Association

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: 244 to 255, up 11 (5%)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 6 (43)
Smallest grade: Grade 1 (28)
Average a grade: About 36

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,260
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against South Carolina: Same as the median of the 271 private schools we list
School day, against South Carolina: About the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 11.8 here; median 8.3 at 69 SC elementary schools
Size in Richland County: Larger than 14 of 17 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.

St. John Newmann Catholic School tuition, and what ESTF pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website

SC

South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account

Award: $7,634 per student for 2026-27
How it varies: Paid quarterly.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at St. John Newmann Catholic School?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms ESTF award Children

Ask the school: Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Rhema Christian School	Not in the federal survey				2
Education Express ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
Cardinal Newman School ✓	7-12	562	10.6	Roman Catholic	2
The Christian Village Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
Soaring Eagles Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
Upward Learning Center ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
Northeast Enrichment Academy	Not in the federal survey				4
Mission Hope Foundation	PreK-10	66	7.3	Islamic	4

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St. John Newmann Catholic School

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