Ben Lippen School
7401 Monticello Rd, Columbia, SC 29203Checked against the official list (dated September 28, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 1,105
- Students per teacher
- 13.7
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Columbia center
- 9.8 miles
Can you use ESTF here?
✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.
Source: the official list, dated September 28, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet
School facts
- Teachers
- 83
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 38% boys, 62% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 95%
- Setting
- Rural
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- 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
- 670 to 1,105, up 435 (65%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (979 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 11 (118)
- Smallest grade
- Kindergarten (58)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 109; lower grades 74
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 178
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 5 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against South Carolina
- 2 days shorter than the 180-day median of 271 schools we list
- School day, against South Carolina
- About the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 13.7 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools
- Size in Richland County
- Largest of the 18 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.
Ben Lippen School tuition, and what ESTF pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account
- Award
- $7,634 per student for 2026-27
- How it varies
- Paid quarterly.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Ben Lippen School?
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Tuition and fees ESTF pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels Christian Schools | K-12 | 31 | 4 |
| Center for Learning ✓ | PreK-5 | 72 | 5 |
| St. Peters Catholic School | PreK-6 | 94 | 5 |
| Jubilee Academy ✓ | PreK-4 | 16 | 5 |
| St. Martin de Porres School ✓ | PreK-6 | 33 | 5 |
| Opa's Learning Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 5 | |
| Peace of Mind & Sunnyside Academy | Not in the federal survey | 6 | |
| Columbia Islamic School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 6 | |
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