St. John Evangelical Lutheran School

Can I use Indiana funding at St. John Evangelical Lutheran School?

St. John Evangelical Lutheran School is on the Indiana Department of Education's 2026-27 list of participating Choice schools, with instruction listed as in person. IDOE's 2025-26 annual report counts 160 Choice students enrolled here in period one.

Your voucher amount comes from where you live, not from the school's address: for 2026-27 it runs from $6,395 for a Carmel Clay resident to $7,456 for an IPS-area resident, and St. John Evangelical Lutheran School receives the lesser of that figure and its tuition and fees.

It is on IDOE's SGO partner list dated October 21, 2026, so a family within 400% of the free and reduced-price lunch line can apply for a tax-credit scholarship to stack on the voucher. It is also an approved ESA school provider for 2026-27, meaning a student with an Indiana IEP, service plan or CSEP can have ESA funds pay tuition and fees here through ClassWallet.

The NCES Private School Survey (2023-24) reports 176 students, 9 full-time-equivalent teachers.

Protestant schools in the metro often keep a church-member rate and work with the Lutheran SGO, the Institute for Quality Education or Sagamore Institute for families under the income line. Its pre-K years sit outside the voucher; On My Way Pre-K and SGO grants (from age four) are the routes there.

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What to ask St. John Evangelical Lutheran School

1. Will you be on the Choice list for 2027-28 as well, and what tuition and fees will you report on my child's application?
2. After the voucher for my home district, what will I owe each year, and which fees fall outside it?
3. Which SGO do you partner with, and do you offer parish, member or sibling rates?
4. If we enroll mid-year, can you file a period-two application before January 15?
5. Do you invoice ESA families through ClassWallet, and can you serve as the special education provider for a Choice student?

Dates that apply now

• Nov 1, 2026Choice Scholarship period two opens for 2026-27: students who enroll at a Choice school now can be approved for a half-year award
• Jan 15, 2027Choice Scholarship period two closes; after this date no new 2026-27 Choice awards are approved
• Mar 1, 2027Choice Scholarship period one opens for 2027-28 (the window runs to September 1), and the ESA application traditionally opens the same day

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