Alabama Waldorf School
5901 Crestwood Blvd, Birmingham, AL 35212Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 93
- Students per teacher
- 12.7
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Birmingham center
- 3.3 miles
Can you use CHOOSE Act here?
✓ On the official Alabama CHOOSE Act list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The 2026-27 window closed March 31, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet; the 2026-27 portal for new families opened January 2, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated October 23, 2026.
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
- 10
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Special program emphasis
- Boys and girls
- 24% boys, 76% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
- 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
- 76 to 93, up 17 (22%)
- Path
- Peaked at 97 in 2021-22
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Transitional kindergarten and kindergarten (13 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (2)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 175
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,230
- Kindergarten
- Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Alabama
- 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- About the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12.7 here; median 8 at 67 AL elementary schools
- Size in Jefferson County
- Larger than 21 of 43 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.
Alabama Waldorf School tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $11,000 to $32,164 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
Alabama CHOOSE Act Education savings account
- Award
- $7,000 per student at a participating school
- How it varies
- Homeschooled students get $2,000 each, up to $4,000 a family.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Alabama Waldorf School?
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Tuition and fees CHOOSE Act pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes CHOOSE Act for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cornerstone Schools of Alabama | $11,000 to $12,000 | 2025-26 | 1.1 |
| The Altamont School | $26,027 to $32,164 | 2026-27 | 1.6 |
| Highlands School | $20,950 | 2026-27 | 2.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis Xavier School ✓ | PreK-8 | 150 | <1 |
| Cornerstone Schools of Alabama ✓ | PreK-12 | 659 | 1 |
| Ne Miles Jewish Day School ✓ | K-7 | 54 | 2 |
| The Altamont School | 5-12 | 379 | 2 |
| The American Academy for Young Professionals (Gr. 6-12) ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Red Mtn Community School | PreK-12 | 68 | 2 |
| Red Mountain Community School ✓ | PreK-12 | 68 | 2 |
| Highlands School ✓ | PreK-8 | 296 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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