✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades K-8 418 students 14.7 students per teacher Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Private schools in Columbus, IN
12 schools within 12 miles. 9 of them are on the state’s Choice Scholarship list. Choice Scholarship pays about $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district.
Schools near Columbus
Schools on the official Choice Scholarship list are first, then it goes by distance. No school pays to appear here or to move up.
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades PreK-12 409 students 12.9 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades K-8 385 students 12.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades PreK-K 12 students 12 students per teacher Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod) Early childhood
Abc - Stewart School
4 mi ✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades K-8 111 students 11.9 students per teacher Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship
Grades PreK-K 5 students 2.5 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori
Grades PreK-6 115 students 6.4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori
Grades PreK-12 15 students 7.5 students per teacher Pentecostal
On the state’s official list Other private schools
What Indiana pays, and what that leaves you
Indiana Choice Scholarship Scholarship
About $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district 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, 2026-09-20. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay?
Tuition and fees Choice Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
Choice Scholarship pays between $6,033 and $8,329 depending on your household. We start with the lower figure. Change it if you know yours. An award can never be more than the school actually charges. This is arithmetic, not a quote.
Keep looking
- Christian schools in Columbus (5)
- All schools in Bartholomew County
- Private schools in Seymour (17 mi)
- Private schools in Greenwood (31 mi)
- Private schools in Bloomington (33 mi)
- Private schools in Bedford (38 mi)
- Private schools in Madison (40 mi)
- Private schools in Indianapolis (45 mi)
- How Choice Scholarship works
Get one email when applications open
Most programs open once a year, and several ran out of money or seats in 2026. Pick your state (you are looking at Columbus) and we will email you the day the next window opens, with the official link. That is the only email you get.
One email per application window. No calls, no sharing your details.
Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there near Columbus?
We count 12 within 12 miles of downtown Columbus. Together they enrolled about 1,470 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest is St. Peter's Lutheran School with 418 students.
Which Columbus private schools take Choice Scholarship?
9 of the 12 schools on this page are on the state’s official Choice Scholarship list. They are marked with a green check and listed first. Schools marked here appear on the 2026-27 participating schools sheet published by the Indiana Department of Education.
Will Choice Scholarship cover the whole tuition bill?
Sometimes, but do not count on it. Choice Scholarship pays about $6,000 to $8,300, set by your home school district, and schools set their own prices. Ask each school for tuition plus fees, then use the calculator on this page to see what is left for you to pay.