✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
Private schools in Lithonia, GA
68 schools within 12 miles. 33 of them are on the state’s Promise Scholarship list. Promise Scholarship pays up to $6,500 per student.
Schools near Lithonia
Schools on the official Promise Scholarship list are first, then it goes by distance. No school pays to appear here or to move up.
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✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades K-8 99 students 16.5 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades PreK-8 71 students 12.7 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist
The Marks Academy
4 mi ✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
The Drake School
5 mi ✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades K-4 30 students 7.5 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
The Wilson Academy
7 mi ✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades PreK-8 152 students 3.9 students per teacher Friends
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades PreK-5 42 students 7.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades PreK-8 192 students 5.3 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades K-8 131 students 2.6 students per teacher Roman Catholic
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Academe of the Oaks
9 mi ✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades 9-12 80 students 10 students per teacher Nonsectarian
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
Cambridge Academy
9 mi ✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades PreK-5 45 students 9 students per teacher Nonsectarian
The Ferguson School
10 mi ✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades K-3 12 students 8.6 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades PreK-12 180 students 15 students per teacher Islamic
Thrive Christian Academy
11 mi ✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship Grades PreK-12 189 students 12.6 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
Hills Academy
11 mi ✓ Georgia Promise Scholarship
On the state’s official list Other private schools
All 68 schools within 12 miles
What Georgia pays, and what that leaves you
Georgia Promise Scholarship Education savings account
Up to $6,500 per student Paid in four quarterly installments.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, 2026-09-20. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay?
Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
We filled in the standard Promise Scholarship amount. Change it if your award letter says something different. An award can never be more than the school actually charges. This is arithmetic, not a quote.
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- How Promise Scholarship works
Get one email when applications open
Most programs open once a year, and several ran out of money or seats in 2026. Pick your state (you are looking at Lithonia) and we will email you the day the next window opens, with the official link. That is the only email you get.
One email per application window. No calls, no sharing your details.
Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there near Lithonia?
We count 68 within 12 miles of downtown Lithonia. Together they enrolled about 4,699 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest is St. Thomas More Catholic School with 430 students.
Which Lithonia private schools take Promise Scholarship?
33 of the 68 schools on this page are on the state’s official Promise Scholarship list. They are marked with a green check and listed first. Schools marked here appear on the participating private school list published by the Georgia Education Savings Authority, dated April 23, 2026.
Will Promise Scholarship cover the whole tuition bill?
Sometimes, but do not count on it. Promise Scholarship pays up to $6,500 per student, and schools set their own prices. Ask each school for tuition plus fees, then use the calculator on this page to see what is left for you to pay.