Academy for God
401 Center St., Old Hickory, TN 37138Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 233
- Students per teacher
- 6.1
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Madison center
- 5.2 miles
Can you use EFS here?
Not on the EFS list we read
- About the list
- How the EFS list works
- Applying
- For 2026-27, renewals opened December 9, 2025 and new applications opened January 13, 2026. The window closed February 6, 2026 at 4 p.m. Central, the department’s applications page and its February 20, 2026 announcement say; its 2026-27 FAQ, dated December 22, 2025 and not updated since, still gives January 30, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet.
Source: EFS official source, dated August 24, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 40
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 47% boys, 53% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 80%
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee under Categories III and IV, which includes accreditation by an agency the State Board of Education authorizes, per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. The list names Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and Cognia.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
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Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 202 to 233, up 31 (15%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (216 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 4 (25)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 10 (8)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 13; lower grades 20
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,170
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.1 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Davidson County
- Larger than 33 of 49 other schools we list
Student body, 2023-24
Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Academy for God tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Angels Comprehensive Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Madison Campus Elementary | PreK-8 | 178 | 3 |
| Donelson Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 765 | 3 |
| Madison Academy ✓ | 9-12 | 78 | 3 |
| Family Christian Academy | K-11 | 20 | 3 |
| Music City Montessori ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Holy Rosary Academy ✓ | PreK-8 | 296 | 5 |
| St. Joseph School ✓ | PreK-8 | 225 | 5 |
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