Private elementary schools in Alabama (242)

By city

The 40 largest

School	City	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Faith Academy ✓	Mobile	PreK-12	1,798	19.6	Christian (nondenominational)
Briarwood Christian School ✓	Birmingham	PreK-12	1,552	11.2	Christian (nondenominational)
Essential Church School	Birmingham	K-12	1,185	19.8	Christian (nondenominational)
Randolph School ✓	Huntsville	PreK-12	1,005	7.9	Nonsectarian
American Christian Academy ✓	Tuscaloosa	PreK-12	935	15.3	Christian (nondenominational)
Whitesburg Christian Academy ✓	Huntsville	K-12	893	12.7	Baptist
Madison Academy ✓	Madison	PreK-12	807	8.7	Christian (nondenominational)
Bayside Academy ✓	Daphne	PreK-12	786	9	Nonsectarian
Lee-Scott Academy ✓	Auburn	PreK-12	750	10.5	Christian (nondenominational)
Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School ✓	Montgomery	PreK-12	732	11.7	Roman Catholic
Houston Academy ✓	Dothan	PreK-12	672	13.2	Nonsectarian
Cornerstone Schools of Alabama ✓	Birmingham	PreK-12	659	9.1	Christian (nondenominational)
Cornerstone High School	Birmingham	PreK-12	659	7.6	Nonsectarian
Prattville Christian Academy ✓	Prattville	PreK-12	657	8.1	Christian (nondenominational)
Glenwood School ✓	Smiths Station	PreK-12	650	12.5	Christian (nondenominational)
Alabama Christian Academy ✓	Montgomery	PreK-12	641	12.5	Church of Christ
Mars Hill Bible ✓	Florence	K-12	631	11.2	Church of Christ
Mobile Christian School ✓	Mobile	K-12	611	18.2	Church of Christ
Cottage Hill Christian Academy ✓	Mobile	PreK-12	594	11.9	Baptist
Northside Methodist Church & Academy ✓	Dothan	PreK-12	582	14.1	Methodist
Bayshore Christian School ✓	Fairhope	K-12	537	8.4	Presbyterian
Stanford Christian Academy	Semmes	K-12	510	23.8	Christian (nondenominational)
Holy Spirit Regional Catholic School ✓	Huntsville	PreK-8	435	12.5	Roman Catholic
Pike Liberal Arts School ✓	Troy	PreK-12	429	12.6	Christian (nondenominational)
St. Luke's Episcopal School ✓	Mobile	PreK-12	428	8.6	Episcopal
Holy Spirit Catholic School ✓	Tuscaloosa	PreK-12	428	9.2	Roman Catholic
Fort Dale Academy ✓	Greenville	PreK-12	426	12.3	Nonsectarian
Tuscaloosa Academy ✓	Tuscaloosa	PreK-12	412	6.1	Nonsectarian
Prince of Peace Catholic School ✓	Hoover	PreK-8	408	11.7	Roman Catholic
Westminster Christian Acad - Lower School Campus ✓	Madison	PreK-5	403	8.2	Christian (nondenominational)
St. Ignatius Catholic School ✓	Mobile	PreK-8	389	8.6	Roman Catholic
Victory Christian School ✓	Pell City	PreK-12	379	14.4	Christian (nondenominational)
The Altamont School	Birmingham	5-12	379	8.9	Nonsectarian
Restoration Academy ✓	Fairfield	K-12	371	10.6	Christian (nondenominational)
Decatur Heritage Christian Academy ✓	Decatur	K-12	370	9	Christian (nondenominational)
Cornerstone Christian Academy ✓	Rainsville	PreK-12	369	10.5	Christian (nondenominational)
Cottage Hill Christian Academy, Lower	Mobile	PreK-8	369	11.8	Christian (nondenominational)
The Donoho School ✓	Anniston	PreK-12	353	13.6	Nonsectarian
St. Mary Catholic School ✓	Mobile	PreK-8	353	5.9	Roman Catholic
Clarke Preparatory School ✓	Grove Hill	PreK-12	351	10.2	Christian (nondenominational)

Other kinds of school in Alabama

What Alabama pays

AL

Alabama CHOOSE Act Education savings account

$7,000 per student at a participating school Homeschooled students get $2,000 each, up to $4,000 a family.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply

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