Private Schools

Private Schools in South Bend, Indiana

23 private schools in South Bend, Indiana with at least 30 students answered the 2023-24 federal survey. Together they enroll 4,892 students: 13 Catholic, 8 other religious and 2 nonsectarian. 7 schools go through high school grades.

Schools listed

Go through high school

Median enrollment

185

Median students per teacher

10.5

Private schools in South Bend, Indiana

Largest first. Students per teacher is the school’s own report.

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
St Joseph High School	9–12	849	15.9	Catholic
Christ the King School	PK–8	443	14.8	Catholic
St Joseph Grade School	PK–8	424	15.7	Catholic
Holy Cross Elementary School	PK–8	348	16	Catholic
St Matthew Cathedral School	PK–8	320	15.2	Catholic
The Stanley Clark School	PK–8	307	6	Nonsectarian
Holy Family Elementary School	PK–8	271	11.8	Catholic
Community Baptist Christian School	PK–12	217	13.6	Baptist
St Anthony de Padua School	PK–8	207	17.4	Catholic
St Adalbert Catholic School	PK–8	200	18.2	Catholic
St Thomas More Academy	K–12	198	7.9	Catholic
Our Lady of Hungary School	PK–8	185	15.4	Catholic
South Bend Hebrew Day School	PK–8	164	5.3	Jewish
Corpus Christi School	PK–8	157	9.9	Catholic
Good Shepherd Montessori SchoolMontessori	PK–8	148	9.8	Catholic
St John the Baptist Catholic School	PK–8	111	11.1	Catholic
Resurrection Lutheran Academy	PK–8	87	9.9	Lutheran
Michiana Christian Academy	K–8	59	6	Church of Christ
River Montessori High SchoolMontessori	9–12	43	5.4	Nonsectarian
South Bend Junior Academy	K–8	42	10.5	Seventh-Day Adventist
Power in Praise Crusade Ministries	PK–12	41	4.1	Christian
Yeshiva of South BendBoys	9–12	37	5.9	Jewish
Bais Yaakov High School of IndianaGirls	9–12	34	6.7	Jewish

Getting in, and keeping up

Private school entrance exams: format, scoring, and dates for the ISEE, SSAT, and HSPT.
ILEARN practice tests and score levels, the test public schools in Indiana give.
Using a 529 plan for K-12 tuition and tutoring.
Colleges in Indiana, for families already looking ahead.

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Frequently asked questions

How many private schools are in South Bend, Indiana?

23 private schools in South Bend, Indiana with at least 30 students answered the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe Survey. Schools that did not answer are not counted, so the real number is higher.

What is the largest private school in South Bend, Indiana?

Among schools that answered the survey, St Joseph High School in South Bend is the largest, with 849 students in grades 9–12.

How big are classes at private schools in South Bend, Indiana?

The survey reports students per teacher, not class size. The median private school in South Bend, Indiana has 10.5 students per teacher and 185 students in total.

Do private schools require an entrance exam?

Many independent schools ask for the ISEE or SSAT, and many Catholic high schools use the HSPT. Each school sets its own rule, so check the admissions page of every school on your list.

Source: NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2023-24 public-use data file, National Center for Education Statistics. Schools that answered the survey and enrolled at least 30 students. Amish schools are left out. Schools report their own figures, and a school that did not answer the survey does not appear.