✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades 7-12562 students10.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed99% to 4-year college
Catholic schools in Columbia, SC
5 in Columbia or within 6 miles; schools in Columbia itself count at any distance from downtown. 4 are on the state’s ESTF list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-6255 students11.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-6213 students8.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-633 students7.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-694 students9.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools near Columbia by the numbers
- Where
- all 5 in Columbia
- Students
- about 1,157 in all; the typical school has 213
- Smallest and largest
- St. Martin de Porres School, 33 students; Cardinal Newman School, 562 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.4 typical, 7.5 to 11.8 across 5 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 5, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Verified tuition
- Cardinal Newman School $17,390
- State program
- Education savings account, $7,634 per student for 2026-27
How ESTF works
- Pre-K (and up)4
- Elementary (K to 5)4
- Middle (6 to 8)5
- High school (9 to 12)1
- Under 501
- 50 to 1491
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5991
- Catholic schools here80%
- All of South Carolina54%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund schools, list dated September 28, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund, official page, read October 7, 2026.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 5, 2026.
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- Catholic schools in Simpsonville (90 mi)
- Catholic schools in North Charleston (91 mi)
- Catholic schools in Mauldin (95 mi)
- Catholic schools in Charleston (100 mi)
- Catholic schools in Greenville (100 mi)
- Catholic schools in Taylors (100 mi)
- Catholic schools in Mount Pleasant (104 mi)
- Catholic schools across South Carolina
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