The Hillsboro School
under 1 mi ✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades PreK-12 34 students 4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
Private elementary schools in Helena, AL
22 in Helena or within 12 miles. 11 are on the state’s CHOOSE Act list. Private schools that teach any grade from kindergarten through 5, going by the grade span each school gave the federal survey.
Affiliation, co-ed or single-sex, association membership and the share of graduates going on to a 4-year college come from the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe survey.
✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades PreK-12 27 students 3.6 students per teacher Baptist Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Montessori Co-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades PreK-12 287 students 9.9 students per teacher Presbyterian Special program emphasis Co-ed 94% to 4-year college
✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades PreK-8 408 students 11.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades K-12 63 students 8.6 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist Co-ed 100% to 4-year college
✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades PreK-8 166 students 9.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Co-ed
Spring Valley School
10 mi ✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades 1-12 131 students 4.1 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education Co-ed 86% to 4-year college
✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades PreK-8 116 students 5.3 students per teacher Roman Catholic Montessori Co-ed
Southminster Day School
12 mi ✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades PreK-5 151 students 8.6 students per teacher Presbyterian Co-ed
✓ Alabama CHOOSE Act Grades K-10 81 students 8.2 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Nonsectarian Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Baptist Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Christian (nondenominational) Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Baptist Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Methodist Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Baptist Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-Transitional K Christian (nondenominational) Early childhood Co-ed
Grades PreK-K Christian (nondenominational) Early childhood Co-ed
Grades K-5 107 students 13.4 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational) Co-ed
Grades Transitional K Pentecostal Early childhood Co-ed
Deeper Life Academy
11 mi Grades PreK-11 15 students 5 students per teacher Pentecostal Co-ed
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What Alabama pays
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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