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St. Mary School

525 N Broad St., Griffith, IN 46319Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Tuition
Not published
Grades
PreK-8
Students (K-12)
193
Students per teacher
17.5
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
From Highland center
1.9 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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. Check the school’s website

School facts

Choice Scholarship students
197
Teachers
11
Student body
Coeducational
Diocese
Diocese of Gary, IN
Boys and girls
55% boys, 45% girls
Setting
Suburb
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)
$1,221,400
  • Choice Scholarship students and awards: Indiana Department of Education, fall 2025-26 count (counts under 10 are not published). Choice Scholarship annual report

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

203 2019-20 184 2021-22 193 2023-24
2019-20 to 2023-24
203 to 193, down 10 (5%)
Path
Dipped to 184 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way

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

15 PK 16 K 17 1 14 2 24 3 18 4 17 5 32 6 29 7 26 8
Largest grade
Grade 6 (32)
Smallest grade
Grade 2 (14)
Across the grades
Classes fill up toward the upper grades

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

This school 17.5 IN median 12.5
Students per teacher
This school 193 County median 166
Students vs county median
Students per teacher
17.5 here; median 12.5 at 335 IN elementary schools
Size in Lake County
Larger than 19 of 32 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

Hispanic 54% White 23% Black 15% Two or more races 7% Asian under 1%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

St. Mary School tuition, and what Choice Scholarship pays

Published tuition
No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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. Mary School?

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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

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Calumet Christian School ✓K-1219111.9Christian (nondenominational)<1
Bible Baptist School ✓K-10265.2Baptist2
Happy Days HighlandPreK-52020Nonsectarian2
Highland Christian School ✓PreK-853114.2Calvinist2
Crescent Light Academy ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey2
Our Lady of Grace School ✓PreK-814414Roman Catholic2
Repairer of the Breach Ministries (D211)PreK-12357Other religious3
Israel School of Excellence ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey3

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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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