St. John Lutheran Early Learning Center (2026-27 Profile)

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Quick Facts (26-27)

School Type: Early Childhood / Day Care
Grades: Nursery/Preschool-Prekindergarten
Enrollment: 40 students
Yearly Tuition: $2,565
Average class size: 14 students
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: ✓Verified school update

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St. John Lutheran Early Learning Center ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Illinois for:

School Facts

School Type

Early Childhood / Day Care

Religious Affiliation

Lutheran Church Missouri Synod

Grades Offered

Grades Nursery/Preschool-Prekindergarten

Year Founded

1969

Summer School Offered

Yes

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School Motto

EXPERIENCE JESUS. FIND COMMUNITY. FULFILL YOUR PURPOSE.

Student Body

Total Students

40 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

State avg.: 34%

Academic Profile

Total Classroom Teachers

3 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

13:1

National avg.: 11:1

Average Class Size

14 students

Classroom Dress Code

Casual

School Membership(s)School Assoc.

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)

Tuition & Financial Aid

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Yearly Tuition Cost

$2,565

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Tuition Notes

The above is an average. Tuition varies depending on days per week program selected and if before and/or after school extended care option is needed. We offer multiple-child discounts. A non-refundable registration fee of $150 is due with each application prior to its processing and enrollment being finalized.

Summer Program Cost

$130

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Extracurriculars

Total ExtracurricularsTotal Extra-curric.

3 extracurriculars

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Recreational Athletic Programs:

Soccer Shots of South DuPage CountyTennis Titans

Tumblebear Gymnastics

School Notes

We will be temporarily closed for the 2021-2022 school year.
Since 1969, our mission has been to connect with families to provide young children a Christ-centered education that nurtures a lifelong love of God, others, and learning.
Your child is a precious gift from God. We believe that every child should be seen, heard, and appreciated for the unique individual God created them to be.
We solely focus on children aged two through four. We specialize just in them!
Our DCFS-licensed facility has safe, COVID-19 compliant, inviting, and engaging classrooms and spacious fully equipped outdoor/indoor play areas.
We have an outstanding staff of well-educated, state-qualified, experienced, and caring professionals.
Flexibility within our half-day program allows us to better meet the individual needs of each child and their family. Children can attend two, three, or five days per week.
Our curriculum emphasizes foundational social-emotional, cognitive, language and literacy, physical and health, and spiritual development using best practice. It is aligned to the Illinois learning standards so your child will be ready for kindergarten.
Before and after school extended care with STEM, art, and language activities for those wanting additional supervision and/or supplemental enrichment learning is available.
We host on-site extracurricular activities like soccer, tennis, and gymnastics sponsored by outside agencies.
We value each child's family, language, and culture and view them as a partner in their child`s education. It is our belief that a strong home-school connection enhances a child's learning.

Our curriculum is aligned with theIllinois State Early Childhood Learning Standards, Benchmarks, and Goalsand with theIllinois State Kindergarten Individual Development Survey (KIDS)so that your child is prepared for kindergarten. Activities that are age-appropriate and build on previous learning ensure that skills needed to be successful in school, such as initiative, curiosity, creativity, attentiveness, cooperation, perseverance, self-regulation, self-help, independence, negotiation, and adaptation, are nurtured.
SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Young children need socialization as well as academic stimulation. Engaging in purposeful, structured play helps them learn how to positively interact with peers and adults and how to process their feelings in acceptable ways. It also develops their oral language, creative arts expression, and love of learning.
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT: The use of integrated thematic units allow children to develop science and social studies knowledge and skills by exploring family, community, events, people, and the natural/physical world. Children discover number concepts, relationships, and operations; geometry; patterns; sets; categories; and measurement in math. Activities occur in a variety of group settings and are multi-sensory in nature.Books are read aloud to develop print awareness and story sense. Phonological awareness and the recognition of letters, sounds, and words are introduced as well as shapes and colors. Pre-math skills are developed.
LANGUAGE & LITERACY DEVELOPMENT: Books are read aloud so children develop story sense, vocabulary, and reading appreciation. Children learn the letters and sounds of our language, print concepts and conventions, and early writing/composing skills.
PHYSICAL & HEALTH DEVELOPMENT: Children learn how to take care of their body through good hygiene and to make healthy, safe choices. Large muscle and fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, and physical control are practiced daily.
SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT: One additional benefit of the ELC is that your child learns about God and His love for us. A daily Bible lesson is taught. Once a week the children go into church for a devotion led by Pastor.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How much does St. John Lutheran Early Learning Center cost?

St. John Lutheran Early Learning Center's tuition is approximately $2,565 for private students and $130 for summer students.

When is the application deadline for St. John Lutheran Early Learning Center?

The application deadline for St. John Lutheran Early Learning Center is rolling (applications are reviewed as they are received year-round).

School Reviews

5.00 out of 5 (2 reviews)

5 2/26/2016

My daughter had attended a different area preschool and we had planned for our son to attend the same, but after his experience at St. John ELC, we chose to have him stay for all of his preschool years. In conversations with friends and neighbors, I have never met a person who has not commented that St. John ELC has always had one of the best preschool programs around. It is a unique program because it is a stand alone, faith-based preschool, so it has the advantage of doing preschool only and doing it well.

- Posted by Parent - lwmle

5 1/19/2016

St. John Lutheran Early Learning Center is a safe, nurturing, enjoyable preschool for children. My child LOVES school and is confident and comfortable there. Hearing my child talk about the teachers and about what he is learning in school warms my heart. I feel my child has grown academically, spiritually, and socially. The staff is sincerely interested in each child's family. I like that I can get immediate feedback if I have a question or concern about my child's development. The on-site enrichment classes are convenient because I do not have to drive my child somewhere else to benefit from them. I'm so thankful that St. John ELC is part of shaping my child into the person he will become.

- Posted by Parent - linki

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