St. Joseph School
127 N 4th St., Decatur, IN 46733Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- K-8
- Students (K-12)
- 248
- Students per teacher
- 11.5
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Decatur center
- Under 1 mile
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
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Choice Scholarship students
- 240
- Teachers
- 22
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ft. Wayne-South Bend, IN
- Boys and girls
- 55% boys, 45% girls
- Setting
- Town
- 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)
- $1,654,926
- 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
- 252 to 248, down 4 (2%)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 5 (37)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 3 and grade 4 (23 each)
- Average a grade
- About 28
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 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
- 11.5 here; median 12.5 at 335 IN elementary schools
- 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 School tuition, and what Choice Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 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 School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Choice Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Choice Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zion Lutheran School | PreK-8 | 75 | <1 |
| Three Oaks Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 70 | <1 |
| St. Peter-Immanuel Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 63 | 6 |
| Oak Grove School | 1-8 | 46 | 9 |
| Bethlehem Lutheran School | K-8 | 55 | 9 |
| St. John-Emmanuel Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 85 | 10 |
| Shady Lane School | 1-8 | 39 | 10 |
| St. Rose of Lima Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 89 | 10 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
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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