Agathos Classical School
1201 Mapleash Ave, Columbia, TN 38401Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $8,387
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 313
- Students per teacher
- 7.8
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Columbia center
- 2.3 miles
Can you use EFS here?
Not on the EFS list we read
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- 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
- 43
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 80%
- Setting
- Rural
- Member of
- Association of Classical and Christian Schools
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee through membership in Association of Classical Christian Schools (ACCS) (Category IV, the church-related school category), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is approval, not accreditation.
- 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
- 230 to 313, up 83 (36%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (275 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 8 (33)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 6 (11)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 24
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 170
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,190
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 10 days shorter than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- About the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.8 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Maury County
- Larger than 5 of 7 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.
Agathos Classical School tuition, and what EFS pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $8,387
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $9,310
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $9,732
Tuition from Agathos Classical School's website, checked October 6, 2026.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Agathos Classical School admissions
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Kings Daughters School | Ungraded | 74 | 2 |
| The Kings Daughters School-Cfa Campus | 3-12 | 23 | 2 |
| Columbia Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,003 | 3 |
| Zion Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 467 | 8 |
| Spring Hill Christian Academy | K-6 | 34 | 8 |
| Columbia Academy at Spring Hill | PreK-6 | 158 | 11 |
| Cornerstone School Tennessee Childrens Home | 8-12 | 28 | 11 |
| Primrose School of Spring Hill ✓ | PreK-K | 24 | 13 |
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