St. Joseph High School
453 N Notre Dame Ave, South Bend, IN 46617Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- $12,675
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 849
- Students per teacher
- 15.9
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From South Bend center
- 1.5 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
- Tuition
- $12,675 (grades 9 to 12, 2026-27)
- Award
- about $6,033 to $8,329
- Left to pay
- about $4,346 to $6,642, before fees
- How the award is set
- The state's Period 1 estimates, set by the student's home school district: the lowest and highest district. The award is the lesser of that amount or tuition and fees.
Award $6,033 to $8,329 Left to pay $4,346 to $6,642
- Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 1, 2026.
- Award: Indiana Department of Education, Choice Scholarship estimated award amounts 2026-27, read October 9, 2026.
- Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers
School facts
- Choice Scholarship students
- 673
- Teachers
- 56
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ft. Wayne-South Bend, IN
- Boys and girls
- 53% boys, 47% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 93%
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- 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)
- $4,975,775
- 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
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 850 to 849, down 1
- Path
- Dipped to 806 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 10 (241)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (174)
- Average a grade
- About 212
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Indiana
- Same as the median of the 526 private schools we list
- School day, against Indiana
- About the median of 7 hours (527 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 15.9 here; median 12.2 at 39 IN secondary schools
- Size in St. Joseph County
- Largest of the 36 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. Joseph High School tuition, and what Choice Scholarship pays
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $12,675
- Required fees
- $150 a year
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from St. Joseph High School's website, checked October 1, 2026.
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 St. Joseph High School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Choice Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (grades 9 to 12, 2026-27), plus required fees.
- Award filled in: the 2026-27 Choice Scholarship award for that grade band (the lower end; yours may be higher).
- Change them for your child’s grade.
- Ask the school
- Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; whether it still takes Choice Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Grade School ✓ | PreK-8 | 424 | <1 |
| Good Shepherd Montessori School ✓ | PreK-8 | 148 | <1 |
| Indiana Individualized Learning Academy (Indila) ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| River Montessori High School ✓ | 9-12 | 43 | <1 |
| St. Thomas More Academy ✓ | K-12 | 198 | 1 |
| Depaul Academy | 9-12 | 23 | 1 |
| Trinity School at Greenlawn ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| St. Anthony de Padua School ✓ | PreK-8 | 207 | 1 |
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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