Bethel Christian Academy, Dothan AL: Accepts CHOOSE Act

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-11
Students (K-12): 142
Students per teacher: 8.1
Affiliation: Baptist
From Dothan center: 4.9 miles

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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

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School facts

Teachers: 20
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 37% boys, 63% girls
Setting: Rural

Member of: American Association of Christian Schools

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: 74 to 142, up 68 (92%)
Path: Grew in each survey (101 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 3 (16)
Smallest grade: Grade 11 (6)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades
Average a grade, high school included: About 12

The school year

Days in the school year: 178
Length of the school day: 7 hours 10 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,280
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Alabama: 2 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
School day, against Alabama: 10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 8.1 here; median 10 at 139 AL combined schools

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.

Bethel Christian Academy tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet

AL

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 Bethel Christian Academy?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms CHOOSE Act award Children

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
New Day Academy	6-12	65	10.8	Nonsectarian	2
Ridgecrest Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				4
Beulah Land Christian Academy	PreK-K	5	not reported	Baptist	4
Westgate Christian School	PreK-5	42	6	Church of Christ	6
Houston Academy ✓	PreK-12	672	13.2	Nonsectarian	7
Crossroads Baptist Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				7
Northside Methodist Church & Academy ✓	PreK-12	582	14.1	Methodist	7
Providence Christian School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				9

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Bethel Christian Academy

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