Bethel Christian Academy, Kinston NC Tuition: $7,400

Tuition, 2026-27: $7,400
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 353
Students per teacher: 11
Affiliation: Baptist
From Kinston center: 3.1 miles

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Can you use Opportunity Scholarship here?

✓ On the official North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: The 2026-27 priority window ran February 2 to March 2, 2026. Expect early February again.

Source: the official list, read October 26, 2026.

What you would pay here

Tuition: $7,400 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $3,574 to $7,942
Left to pay: about $0 to $3,826, before fees
How the award is set: Four income tiers: the top figure is the lowest-income tier, the bottom figure the highest-income tier.

Award $3,574 to $7,942 Left to pay $0 to $3,826

Tuition: the school’s tuition sheet, checked October 5, 2026.
Award: NCSEAA, Opportunity Scholarship award tiers 2026-27, read October 9, 2026.
Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers

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School facts

Teachers: 32
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 42% boys, 58% girls
Go on to a 4-year college: 9%
Setting: Town

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: 298 to 353, up 55 (18%)
Path: Grew in each survey (308 in 2021-22)

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

Largest grade: Kindergarten (43)
Smallest grade: Grade 11 (16)
Average a grade, high school included: About 27

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,260
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person and hybrid
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against North Carolina: Same as the median of the 555 private schools we list
School day, against North Carolina: About the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 11 here; median 9.3 at 298 NC 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 Opportunity Scholarship pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: $7,400
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: $7,400
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27: $7,400

One rate for K5 to grade 12.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from Bethel Christian Academy's tuition sheet, checked October 5, 2026.

NC

North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Scholarship

Award: $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How it varies: Four income tiers. A family of four earning up to $61,050 gets the top amount. Students with disabilities can also use ESA+.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Bethel Christian Academy?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms Opportunity Scholarship award (lowest) Children

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 Opportunity Scholarship award for that grade band (the lower end; yours may be higher).
Change them for your child’s grade.

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Hope Preparatory School ✓	K-6	139	11.7	Christian (nondenominational)	2
Five Points Education Training Center	6-11	38	9.5	Nonsectarian	2
Collective Leadership Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
The Xyayx Institute ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				4
Mt Calvary Christian Academy ✓	PreK-12	128	10.7	Baptist	11

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