Tuition & Financial Aid
Making Education Affordable
LM provides various discounts, merit scholarships for new students (grades 6-12) and need-based financial aid to make an LM education affordable for as many families as possible. 35% of LM students receive some financial aid. LM strives to create a comprehensive financial aid package for each family that applies. This page provides information about WHO QUALIFIES FOR AID, APPLYING FOR AID, and more.
Who qualifies for need-based financial aid?
Financial aid funds are distributed based on many factors such as income, family size and expenses. Because Lancaster Mennonite considers many factors in determining financial aid, we require a professional, confidential online financial assessment by an outside agency.
Financial aid requests usually exceed the amount of available funding. Therefore, please note that in order for all qualified students to receive financial aid, you may not receive the full amount for which your student is eligible.
*Effective August 24, the FAST platform that we use to process financial aid will no longer be operable. We are in the process of finding a new vendor for next school year when we re-open financial aid. Anyone who is currently waiting to receive aid will still be processed, and we encourage any others that still need to apply for aid to do it as soon as possible since we can’t process them after August 24. We will continue to offer financial aid in the future, that will not change. A majority of our financial aid funding comes through EITC, so we encourage people to allocate their PA taxes to that program to support more students to attend LM!
Lancaster Mennonite School participates with the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit program. These programs (monitored by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) are funded by area businesses that make contributions on behalf of our school to nonprofit organizations.
How to apply
If you have questions or need to apply for financial aid, please reach out to Lorri Hengst, CFO, at hengstlk@lancastermennonite.org.
NOTE: The applications for financial aid and scholarships are NOT applications for admission. You must complete a separate Application for Admission for new students.
What will my financial aid package be comprised of?
LM offers a financial aid package: tuition assistance, multiple child discounts and scholarships. The different components of a financial aid package are as follows:
- Tuition Assistance – Full-Time students at any campus and at any grade level who qualify for financial aid after submitting an application to Financial Aid for School Tuition (FAST).
- Multiple Child Discount – Discounts are given for additional Full-Time children enrolled at Lancaster Mennonite School.
- Merit Scholarships are awarded to a select few new students in grades 6-12 who apply based on excellent academic potential and good citizenship. Learn more.
- Work Aid – Students in grades 9-12 who need additional aid can arrange to work for the school during one period of the eight periods in the school day.
- Partner Church Scholarships – Churches are eligible to donate $500 or more per student from their congregation under the Church Partnership program. LM will now match any participating congregation’s scholarship contribution up to $1,000 per student.
Lancaster Mennonite School admits students of any gender, race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally made available to all students at the school. The school does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, national or ethnic origin in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship programs and athletic or other school-administered programs.