Bethesda Academy
9520 Ferguson Ave, Savannah, GA 31406Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 6-12
- Students (K-12)
- 89
- Students per teacher
- 7.2
- Affiliation
- Seventh-Day Adventist
- From Savannah center
- 6.9 miles
Can you use Promise Scholarship here?
✓ On the official Georgia Promise Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The last 2026-27 window is November 1 to 30, 2026. It is open only to families at or below 400% of the poverty level, and awards from it pay for spring 2027 only. The 2027 calendar is due by December 15, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated April 23, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 13
- Student body
- All-boys
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 100%
- Setting
- Rural
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Cognia/AdvancED, per the Georgia Promise Scholarship participating private schools list for 2026-27, approved as of April 23, 2026.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- 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
- 93 to 89, down 4 (4%)
- Path
- Peaked at 99 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 12 (20)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 6 (4)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 17; lower grades 8
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 175
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,230
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Georgia
- 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 575 schools we list
- School day, against Georgia
- About the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.2 here; median 8.2 at 279 GA combined schools
- Size in Chatham County
- Larger than 10 of 21 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.
Bethesda Academy tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $15,000 to $18,550 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Georgia Promise Scholarship Education savings account
- Award
- Up to $6,500 per student
- How it varies
- Paid in four quarterly installments.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Bethesda Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Promise Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hancock Day School | $15,000 to $16,575 | 2026-27 | 3.5 |
| Benedictine Military School | $18,550 | not stated | 3.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The School at Higher Ground ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| St. James Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 353 | 2 |
| Savannah Country Day School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,004 | 3 |
| Can Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Chatham Academy | 1-12 | 83 | 3 |
| Hancock Day School ✓ | PreK-8 | 416 | 4 |
| Benedictine Military School ✓ | 9-12 | 410 | 4 |
| Memorial Day School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
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- Christian schools in Georgia
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- All-boys schools in Georgia
- Private schools in Chatham County
- Georgia Promise Scholarship: amount and eligibility
- All Georgia Promise Scholarship schools
Next Promise Scholarship date: Open now, until November 30, 2026 (Last 2026-27 application window (400% of poverty or less; funds spring 2027)).
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