Acorn School
PO Box 570, Stratham, NH 03885Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-K
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Dover center
- 12.0 miles
Can you use EFA here?
New Hampshire publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the EFA list works
- Applying
- Applications stay open through the program administrator, but new applicants without priority go to the waitlist.
Source: EFA official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 6
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Early childhood
- Setting
- Rural
- 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
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 170
- Length of the school day
- 5 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 850
- Kindergarten
- Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against New Hampshire
- 10 days shorter than the 180-day median of 123 schools we list
- School day, against New Hampshire
- 100 minutes shorter than the median of 6 hours 40 minutes (125 schools we list)
- Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Acorn School tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $20,566 to $56,077 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
New Hampshire Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account
- Award
- About $4,800 on average for 2026-27, NHPR reported (August 14, 2026)
- How it varies
- The amount varies by student. Extra funding applies for special education, English learners and lower-income students. We could not confirm the exact 2026-27 figures.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips Exeter Academy | $56,077 | 2026-27 | 4.3 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas High School | $20,566 | 2026-27 | 9.8 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heronfield Academy | 6-8 | 94 | 4 |
| Learning Skills Academy | 5-12 | 56 | 4 |
| Rye Country Day School | PreK-Transitional K | 6 | 4 |
| Squamscott River Academy | 7-12 | 20 | 4 |
| Phillips Exeter Academy | 9-12 | 1,055 | 4 |
| St. Patrick Academy | PreK-8 | 216 | 5 |
| St. Thomas Aquinas High School | 9-12 | 354 | 10 |
| Amesbury Seventh-Day Adventist School | PreK-8 | 16 | 10 |
Private schools
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