✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-8408 students11.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Bessemer, AL
4 in Bessemer or within 12 miles. 4 are on the state’s CHOOSE Act list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades 9-12540 students12.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed96% to 4-year college
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades PreK-819 students3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE ActGrades 9-12156 students8.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed87% to 4-year college
Catholic schools near Bessemer by the numbers
- Where
- 0 in Bessemer, 4 within 12 miles
- Students
- about 1,123 in all; the typical school has 408
- Smallest and largest
- Holy Family Catholic Academy, 19 students; John Carroll Catholic High School, 540 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.7 typical, 3 to 12.5 across 4 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 4, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Verified tuition
- John Carroll Catholic High School $12,145
- State program
- Education savings account, $7,000 per student at a participating school
How CHOOSE Act works
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Alabama CHOOSE Act schools, list dated October 23, 2026, checked October 26, 2026.
- Award and rules: Alabama CHOOSE Act, official page, read October 1, 2026.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 5, 2026.
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