St. Johns School, Independence IA: K-8, Accepts ESA

Tuition: Not published
Grades: K-8
Students (K-12): 131
Students per teacher: 10.9
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
From Independence center: Under 1 mile

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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. Check the school’s website

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School facts

Teachers: 12
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Archdiocese of Dubuque, IA
Boys and girls: 50% boys, 50% girls
Setting: Town

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: 142 to 131, down 11 (8%)
Path: Fell in each survey (135 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24

Largest grade: 3 grades (17 each)
Smallest grade: Transitional kindergarten (4)
Average a grade: About 13

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 Iowa: Same as the median of the 180 private schools we list
School day, against Iowa: About the median of 7 hours (180 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 10.9 here; median 10.9 at 108 IA elementary schools

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. Johns School tuition, and what Students First ESA pays

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

IA

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 St. Johns School?

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
St. John Elementary School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				<1
Independence Christian Academy	5	1	not reported	Pentecostal	<1
Liberty Christian School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
St. Athanasius School ✓	PreK-8	75	7.1	Roman Catholic	9

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Keep looking

Next Students First ESA date: Open now, until November 15, 2026 (2026-27 half-year ESA application window).

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