St. Matthew Catholic School
4100 E 56th St., Indianapolis, IN 46220Checked against the official list (read October 26, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 320
- Students per teacher
- 12.2
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Indianapolis center
- 6.1 miles
Can you use Choice Scholarship here?
- 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
School facts
- Teachers
- 29
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Indianapolis, IN
- Boys and girls
- 56% boys, 44% girls
- 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.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- 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
- 353 to 320, down 33 (9%)
- Path
- Dipped to 318 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 5 and grade 7 (41 each)
- Smallest grade
- Kindergarten (28)
- Average a grade
- About 36
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,290
- 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
- 10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (527 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12.2 here; median 12.5 at 335 IN elementary schools
- Size in Marion County
- Larger than 46 of 72 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. Matthew Catholic School tuition, and what Choice Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $16,400 to $19,650 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
- 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. Matthew Catholic 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
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral High School | $19,650 | 2027-28 | 0.9 |
| Bishop Chatard High School | $16,400 | 2026-27 | 1.7 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral High School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,171 | <1 |
| Indianapolis Junior Academy ✓ | 1-8 | 53 | 1 |
| Bishop Chatard High School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Christ the King School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Saint Pius X School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Northside Montessori | PreK-6 | 22 | 2 |
| Takesprout Christian School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Saint Lawrence School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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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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