✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades PreK-4 14 students 2.3 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
Private schools in Elkhart, IN
23 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 Elkhart
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
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✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades PreK-8 279 students 13.1 students per teacher Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades PreK-8 112 students 5.1 students per teacher Roman Catholic
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades PreK-8 226 students 13.2 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Special program emphasis
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades PreK-8 561 students 17.4 students per teacher Roman Catholic
✓ Indiana Choice Scholarship Grades PreK-8 142 students 13 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori
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Montessori School of Elkhart
under 1 mi Grades PreK-K 10 students 10 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori
Crossing National, Inc
under 1 mi Grades 9-12 630 students 12.2 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
St. Vincent de Paul Elementary School
under 1 mi Grades PreK-8 177 students 13.6 students per teacher Roman Catholic
Grades K-8 250 students 10.4 students per teacher Roman Catholic
Grades PreK-6 32 students 6.4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori
Grades 2-7 11 students 3.2 students per teacher Mennonite
Grades K-12 72 students 6 students per teacher Methodist Alternative
Grades 1-8 38 students 19 students per teacher Mennonite
Hillside Mennonite W
10 mi Grades 1-8 38 students 19 students per teacher Mennonite
Grades PreK-6 124 students 11.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic
Wabash School
11 mi Grades 1-8 31 students 15.5 students per teacher Mennonite
Grades PreK-8 267 students 12.1 students per teacher Roman Catholic
Grades PreK-8 271 students 12.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic
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12 mi Grades K-12 214 students 12.4 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
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 Elkhart (10)
- Catholic schools in Elkhart (7)
- Montessori schools in Elkhart (3)
- All schools in Elkhart County
- All schools in St. Joseph County
- Private schools in Mishawaka (11 mi)
- Private schools in Granger (12 mi)
- Private schools in Middlebury (13 mi)
- Private schools in South Bend (15 mi)
- Private schools in Goshen (15 mi)
- Private schools in Nappanee (16 mi)
- Private schools in Bremen (21 mi)
- Private schools in Lagrange (27 mi)
- Private schools in Plymouth (30 mi)
- Private schools in Warsaw (32 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 Elkhart) 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 Elkhart?
We count 23 within 12 miles of downtown Elkhart. Together they enrolled about 3,499 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest is Crossing National, Inc with 630 students.
Which Elkhart private schools take Choice Scholarship?
9 of the 23 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.