Enrollment, Registration & Tuition
Student Enrollment
Online enrollment for the 2024-25 academic year for current St. Paul’s church members and school families opens at 7:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 5. Enrollment for the general public opens at 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024.
Enrollment fee for preschool is $60, and kindergarten – 6th grade is $120. Fee must be paid to hold your spot. Contact school@stpaulswaverly.org or 319-352-1484 with questions.
Student Registration
Registration begins at noon on Wednesday, July 24 for the 2024-25 academic year. Families with enrolled students will receive an email with instructions to register using JMC. Follow the provided instructions to log in and register your students. You may need to use the “Forgot your username/password” option if this is your first time using JMC.
Before & After School Care
As a service to our school families, St. Paul’s Church & School provides Before & After School Care. To participate, please indicate the option during registration in JMC, and submit the health and After Care scheduling. No schedule is needed for before care. To secure After School Care services for M/Tu/Th/F afternoon parents are asked to submit a schedule with a recurring weekly schedule for the year or submit their child’s schedule monthly by the 25th of the preceding month.
In lieu of Aftercare on Wednesdays, parents are invited to register their child/ren for Saints Alive, St. Paul's Church's Wednesday afternoon faith formation program.
Before & After Care Hours & Cost
$4.00 from 7 a.m. until school starts
$4.00 after school and if picked up before 4:30 p.m.
$7.50 if picked up between 4:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m.
Payment: Bills will be sent out every other week. Payment is expected within 30 days.
St. Paul's Before and Aftercare coordinator: Katie Idler (katie.idler@stpaulswaverly.org)
Tuition Rates
Tuition costs vary depending on year, class selection, and funding programs. Current tuition rates and fees are listed on the preschool and elementary pages.
Online Payments
You can pay tuition and fees online with our online payment portal. Schedule a single payment, or multiple payments spread out through the school year.
Tuition Assistance
STO Grants (K–6)
STO stands for “School Tuition Organization.” The STO serving the Archdiocese of Dubuque is “Our Faith, Our Children, Our Future” School Tuition Organization. The tuition assistance grants from this program are funded through an Iowa tax credit program. We strongly encourage interested parents to complete an application. The Our Faith, Our Children, Our Future STO, coupled with our local tuition assistance program, makes Christian education affordable for all.
STO grants are available for K-6 students who reside in Iowa and whose household’s taxable income is at or below 300 percent (300%) of the federal poverty rate. STO grants are not available for preschool students. In the past, qualifying families have received between $300 to 90 percent (90%) of their tuition depending upon verified need. Awards vary from year-to-year depending upon the overall verified need of the applicant pool.
More information is available to parents on the Our Faith, Our Children, Our Future website.
How to apply:
Only one application needs to be completed per household.
Parents can start an application utilizing the name/zip code of one school.
Additional children and the names of their schools can be added to that single application.
Education Savings Account (K–6)
For the 2024-2025 school year any student who was approved for an ESA this school year and remains an Iowa resident is automatically eligible for ESA funding in 2024-2025. There is an ANNUAL application process, so parents will need to reapply each year. For the 2024-2025 school year all incoming kindergarten students will be eligible, all first graders who had received ESA in 2023-2024, families with a household income at or below 400% of the 2024 Federal Poverty Guidelines, and all new incoming students coming from a public school will be eligible to apply. In the 2025-2026 school year all students attending an Iowa accredited nonpublic school will be eligible for ESA funding which currently covers all tuition and fees at St. Paul’s. (Application for the 2024–25 school year was June 30, 2024.) For more information, visit Iowa's Education Choice site.
Iowa SWVPP (Preschool)
Iowa's Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program (SWVPP) for Four-Year-Old Children provides an opportunity for all young children in the State of Iowa to enter school ready to learn by expanding voluntary access to quality preschool curricula for all four-year-old children. The funding amount awarded to St. Paul’s is dependent upon the state.
Together 4 Families (Preschool)
Together 4 Families Preschool Scholarships for three- and four-year-olds are available through Child Care Resource and Referral of Northeast Iowa. Scholarships are awarded based on a family's gross income. For more information please call 563-557-1628.
St. Paul's Tuition Assistance Appeal
St. Paul’s Lutheran School strives to make a faith-based education available to all students who desire it. Therefore, in addition to assistance from other sources, St. Paul’s Lutheran School & Church provides some local tuition assistance awards to families who demonstrate financial need. We believe that a parochial education is a tremendous gift to give to your children, and its rewards are many. It is expected that families make faith-based education a priority in their financial planning to provide this opportunity. Nonetheless, it can create financial struggles for families. For families that feel they won’t be able to afford to have their child(ren) attend St. Paul’s, please contact the Principal at principal@stpaulswaverly.org or call 319-352-1484.