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Private schools in Lake County, IN

39 schools across Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Griffith and other towns. About 7,161 students in all (2023-24). 23 on the state’s Choice Scholarship list.

School City Grades Students Per teacher Affiliation
Northwest Adventist Christian School ✓ Crown Point K-8 11 11 Seventh-Day Adventist
Trinity Lutheran School ✓ Crown Point PreK-8 166 12.4 Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
St. Stanislaus School ✓ East Chicago PreK-8 157 12.8 Roman Catholic
Ambassador Christian Academy ✓ Gary K-8 184 12.9 Christian (nondenominational)
Life Christian Steam Academy ✓ Gary K-5 44 11 Christian (nondenominational)
My Safari Preparatory Academy ✓ Gary PreK-K 6 6 Nonsectarian
Calumet Christian School ✓ Griffith K-12 191 11.9 Christian (nondenominational)
St. Mary School ✓ Griffith PreK-8 193 17.5 Roman Catholic
Montessori Childrens Schoolhouse ✓ Hammond PreK-8 93 11.6 Nonsectarian
Morning Star Academy ✓ Hammond PreK-8 66 8.2 Assembly of God
St. Casimir School ✓ Hammond PreK-8 340 19.1 Roman Catholic
Bible Baptist School ✓ Highland K-10 26 5.2 Baptist
Highland Christian School ✓ Highland PreK-8 531 14.2 Calvinist
Our Lady of Grace School ✓ Highland PreK-8 144 14 Roman Catholic
Montessori Academy in the Oaks ✓ Hobart PreK-3 22 11 Nonsectarian
Trinity Lutheran School ✓ Hobart PreK-8 54 8.2 Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
Andrean High School ✓ Merrillville 9-12 455 13.5 Roman Catholic
St. Paul's Lutheran School ✓ Munster PreK-8 157 10.8 Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
St. Thomas More School ✓ Munster PreK-8 468 16 Roman Catholic
Crown Point Christian School ✓ Saint John PreK-8 837 15.8 Christian (nondenominational)
St. John Evangelist School ✓ Saint John PreK-8 371 14.3 Roman Catholic
Forest Ridge Academy ✓ Schererville PreK-8 157 5.7 Nonsectarian
Hammond Baptist High School ✓ Schererville PreK-12 265 13.9 Baptist
Indiana Horizon Academy Crown Point PreK-8 145 8.3 Islamic
Illiana Christian High School Dyer 9-12 545 14.2 Calvinist
Plum Creek Christian Academy Dyer PreK-12 243 13.5 Baptist
Plum Creek Christian Academy Dyer PreK-12 242 13.6 Baptist
Protestant Reformed/Heritage Christian Schools Dyer K-12 217 10.8 Calvinist
Providence Christian Academy Dyer PreK-10 53 7.6 Presbyterian
Ascension Lutheran Christian School Gary K-5 52 17.3 Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
My Safari Preparatory Academy Georgia St. Campus Gary PreK-K 5 5 Nonsectarian
Repairer of the Breach Ministries (D211) Gary PreK-12 35 7 Other religious
St. John Bosco Elementary School Hammond PreK-8 226 15.3 Roman Catholic
Happydays Childcare Inc Dba Happy Days Highland Highland PreK-5 20 20 Nonsectarian
Aquinas Catholic Community School Merrillville PreK-8 212 17.2 Roman Catholic
Happy Days Child Care Center Merrillville K-Transitional K 15 15 Nonsectarian
Happy Days Learning Center Merrillville K 8 8 Nonsectarian
Montessori Academy of Nwi Merrillville PreK-K 3 1 Nonsectarian
St. Michael Catholic School Schererville PreK-8 202 11.2 Roman Catholic

On the state’s official list Other private schools

What Indiana pays

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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

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