Financial Obligations for Admission and Continued Inclusion
in St. Mary Catholic School, DeKalb, IL 

Enrollment for the 2022-2023 school year is open and classes are filling up fast!
Our first and third grade classrooms are currently full and a wait list has been started. ​
​If we get additional interest, a new classroom will be added. 

We've opened up another second grade classroom so the waitlist has been cleared!

Tuition for 2022-2023

​​$175 non-refundable fee per child for new students
$150 non-refundable fee per child currently enrolled

Kindergarten - Eighth Grade

Number of Children
Parishioner Rate
Non-Parishioner Rate
1
$4,475
$6,625
2
$7,785
$11,750
3
$10,850
$15,900
4
$12,700
$19,500

Full Day Preschool and Prekindergarten

To attend Preschool your child must be 3 years old by September 1, 2022
To attend Prekindergarten your child must be 4 years old by September 1, 2022.
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Preschool and Prekindergarten 
M-W-F
3 days a week 
Prekindergarten
​Mon. - Fri.
​5 Days a Week
Tuition per child
$2,850
$4,475

Before & Aftercare Program


​St. Mary School offers and on-campus before care starting at 7:00 a.m. and an aftercare program until 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday during the school year. Students get homework assistance and participate in fun crafts and activities each day. There is an additional cost for these services.

You can register for the 2022-23 school year here.

Fundraising Participation Agreement

St. Mary 365 Day Raffle:  All families at St. Mary School are required to participate in the 365 Day Raffle by selling thirty (30) raffle tickets at $15 each.  Tickets are sold from October 2022-December 15, 2022.  The cost of any tickets not sold by the family is added to the cost of tuition on January 1, 2023. 

​Family Obligations for Parishioner Rate*:  To qualify for the parishioner rate, a family must be:
  • registered parishioners at St. Mary in DeKalb, Christ the Teacher in DeKalb, or a neighboring parish that does not provide Catholic school education
  • active parishioners who attend weekly Mass and financially contribute to their church
If you are affiliated with (attend and financially contribute to) a nearby Catholic parish, we will request a tuition subsidy from your pastor.  We invite you to talk to and encourage your pastor to participated in the tuition subsidy by agreeing to have your affiliated parish pay this nominal amount. If it is determined by the pastor of your parish that you are not fulfilling the obligation as set forth above, the tuition that will be charged to you will be at the non-parishioner rate. ​