Downtown Academy
under 1 mi✓ Georgia Promise ScholarshipGrades K-549 students5.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Christian schools in Athens, GA
4 in Athens or within 12 miles. 2 are on the state’s Promise Scholarship list. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
✓ Georgia Promise ScholarshipGrades PreK-12382 students10.5 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed95% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-815 students3.3 students per teacherBaptistSpecial program emphasisCo-ed
Grades PreK-Transitional KMethodistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Christian schools near Athens by the numbers
- Where
- 1 in Athens, 3 within 12 miles
- Students
- about 446 in all; the typical school has 49
- Smallest and largest
- Living Word Academy, 15 students; Westminster Christian Academy, 382 students
- Students per teacher
- 5.6 typical, 3.3 to 10.5 across 3 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 2, most often the Association of Christian Schools International
- Verified tuition
- Westminster Christian Academy $12,500
- State program
- Education savings account, up to $6,500 per student
How Promise Scholarship 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: Georgia Promise Scholarship schools, list dated April 23, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: Georgia Promise Scholarship, official page, read October 7, 2026.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 1, 2026.
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- Christian schools across Georgia
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