St. Matthew Elementary School
401 Mulberry St., Mount Vernon, IN 47620Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 65
- Students per teacher
- 8.8
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Evansville center
- 19.9 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
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 8
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Evansville, IN
- Boys and girls
- 43% boys, 57% girls
- Setting
- Town
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 71 to 65, down 6 (8%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (16)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 3 (6)
- Average a grade
- About 11
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,220
- 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
- 15 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (527 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.8 here; median 12.5 at 335 IN 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. Matthew Elementary School tuition, and what Choice Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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. Matthew Elementary 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Philip School ✓ | PreK-8 | 176 | 10 |
| Corpus Christi School ✓ | PreK-8 | 182 | 14 |
| Resurrection Elementary School ✓ | PreK-8 | 359 | 15 |
| Westside Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 133 | 15 |
| Mater Dei High School ✓ | 9-12 | 520 | 16 |
| St. Wendel Catholic School ✓ | K-8 | 172 | 16 |
| Saint Joseph Catholic School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 16 | |
| Westside Catholic School/St. Boniface Campus | 5-8 | 64 | 17 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
- All private schools near Evansville
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- Indiana Choice Scholarship: amount and eligibility
- All Indiana Choice Scholarship 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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