St. Paul Lutheran School
4715 Frederick Ave, Saint Joseph, MO 64506Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 322
- Students per teacher
- 28.5
- Affiliation
- Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
- From Saint Joseph center
- 2.4 miles
Can you use MOScholars here?
Missouri publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the MOScholars list works
- Applying
- You apply through one of the state-approved Educational Assistance Organizations, not to the state directly.
Source: MOScholars official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 13
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 25% boys, 75% girls
- Setting
- City
- Partner list
- Partner school of a state-certified educational assistance organization (Herzog Foundation); not a state list
- Partner list: the organization’s own list, as of August 4, 2026.
- 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
- 135 to 322, up 187 (139%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (189 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 (26)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 6 (13)
- Average a grade
- About 18
- Ungraded classes
- 161 students
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 166
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,160
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Missouri
- 8 days shorter than the 174-day median of 463 schools we list
- School day, against Missouri
- About the median of 7 hours (466 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 28.5 here; median 10.8 at 269 MO elementary schools
- Size in Buchanan County
- Larger than 6 of 7 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. Paul Lutheran School tuition, and what MOScholars pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
MOScholars Tax-credit scholarship
- Award
- Up to $7,145 per student for 2026-27, more for some students
- How it varies
- The law sets each ceiling as a share of the state adequacy target, which the Missouri education department lists as $7,145 for 2026-27: up to 100% of it for most students, 125% for students eligible for free or reduced lunch, 160% for English learners and 175% for students with an IEP. Worked example (our arithmetic, not a figure the state publishes): 175% of $7,145 is about $12,503. These are ceilings: assistance organizations may award less, and the average award in 2025-26 was $6,831.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Joseph Christian School | PreK-12 | 452 | 1 |
| Bishop Leblond High School | 9-12 | 148 | 1 |
| Bishop Leblond | 9-12 | 150 | 1 |
| St. Francis Xavier School | PreK-8 | 199 | 3 |
| Cathedral of St. Joseph | K-8 | 161 | 3 |
| South Park Christian Academy | K-12 | 30 | 5 |
| St. James School | PreK-8 | 88 | 6 |
| Hosanna Christian School | K-12 | 17 | 7 |
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