✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
Private schools in Gainesville, GA
6 schools in Gainesville itself and 6 more within 12 miles. 5 of them are on the state’s Promise Scholarship list. Promise Scholarship pays up to $6,500 per student.
Order: schools on the official Promise Scholarship list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Gainesville (6)
No matching schools.
Lakeview Academy
3 mi✓ Georgia Promise ScholarshipGrades PreK-12473 students8 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed100% to 4-year college
✓ Georgia Promise ScholarshipGrades Transitional K-1263 students7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Grades 1-931 students4.6 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades 6-12169 students5 students per teacherNonsectarianAll-boys72% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-213 students9.3 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial program emphasisCo-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (6)
No matching schools.
Genesis Academy
6 mi✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
✓ Georgia Promise ScholarshipGrades K-12542 students11.8 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed85% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-KBaptistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-1271 students6.9 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed100% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-KNonsectarianEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-1297 students9.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed100% to 4-year college
Gainesville private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Academy Innovation, 2.1 mi
- Nearby schools by town
- Flowery Branch (3) and Oakwood (2)
- Students
- about 1,459 in all; the typical school has 97
- Smallest and largest
- Elachee Nature Academy, 13 students; Lanier Christian Academy, 542 students
- Students per teacher
- 8 typical, 4.6 to 11.8 across 9 schools
- Programs
- 1 special education
- Co-ed or single-sex
- 1 all-boys
- Association members
- 3, most often the Association of Christian Schools International
- To a 4-year college
- 100% of graduates at the typical high school (5 reporting)
- Christian, not Catholic5
- Nonsectarian5
- Not in federal survey2
In GainesvilleWithin 12 mi
- Pre-K (and up)6
- Elementary (K to 5)9
- Middle (6 to 8)7
- High school (9 to 12)7
- K to 12, one school4
In GainesvilleWithin 12 mi
- Under 502
- 50 to 1493
- 150 to 2991
- 300 to 5992
- Gainesville area42%
- All of Georgia51%
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.
What Georgia pays
- Program
- Georgia Promise Scholarship, education savings account
- Award
- Up to $6,500 per student
- Also
- Paid in four quarterly installments.
Keep looking
- Christian schools in and around Gainesville (5)
- Private high schools in and around Gainesville (7)
- Private elementary schools in and around Gainesville (9)
- Private schools with kindergarten in and around Gainesville (8)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Gainesville (6)
- All schools in Hall County
- All schools in Dawson County
- Private schools in Flowery Branch (10 mi)
- Private schools in Cumming (18 mi)
- Private schools in Dawsonville (20 mi)
- Private schools in Suwanee (21 mi)
- Private schools in Dacula (22 mi)
- Private schools in Lawrenceville (25 mi)
- Private schools in Duluth (27 mi)
- Private schools in Johns Creek (28 mi)
- Private schools in Alpharetta (30 mi)
- Private schools in Snellville (31 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
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