Al-Manara Academy
929 Big Bend Rd, Manchester, MO 63021Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 84
- Students per teacher
- 7.9
- Affiliation
- Islamic
- From Manchester center
- 1.0 miles
Can you use MOScholars here?
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- About the list
- How the MOScholars list works
- Applying
- You apply through one of the state-approved Educational Assistance Organizations, not to the state directly.
Source: MOScholars official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 11
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 93% boys, 7% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 83 to 84, up 1 (1%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 1 (19)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (5)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 174
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,220
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Missouri
- Same as the median of the 463 private schools we list
- School day, against Missouri
- About the median of 7 hours (466 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.9 here; median 10.8 at 269 MO elementary schools
- Size in St. Louis County
- Larger than 39 of 141 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.
Al-Manara Academy tuition, and what MOScholars pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 14, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $7,000 to $31,500 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
MOScholars Tax-credit scholarship
- Award
- Up to $7,145 per student for 2026-27, more for some students
- How it varies
- The law sets each ceiling as a share of the state adequacy target, which the Missouri education department lists as $7,145 for 2026-27: up to 100% of it for most students, 125% for students eligible for free or reduced lunch, 160% for English learners and 175% for students with an IEP. Worked example (our arithmetic, not a figure the state publishes): 175% of $7,145 is about $12,503. These are ceilings: assistance organizations may award less, and the average award in 2025-26 was $6,831.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy of St. Louis | $31,500 | 2026-27 | 1.4 |
| Al-Salam Day School | $7,000 | 2026-27 | 2.5 |
| Holy Infant Elementary School | $7,480 | 2026-27 | 2.9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Oaks Christian School | Not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Sacred Heart Elementary School | PreK-8 | 179 | 1 |
| Academy of St. Louis | 1-12 | 36 | 1 |
| Barat Academy | 6-12 | 37 | 2 |
| Christ Prince of Peace School | PreK-8 | 187 | 2 |
| Al-Salam Day School | K-12 | 278 | 2 |
| Raintree School | PreK-2 | 10 | 3 |
| Holy Infant Elementary School | PreK-8 | 420 | 3 |
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