Bethlehem Christian Academy
1936 Elkwood Section Rd, Hazel Green, AL 35750Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-10
- Students (K-12)
- 87
- Students per teacher
- 4.9
- Affiliation
- Baptist
- From Harvest center
- 10.5 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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 24
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% girls
- Setting
- Rural
- Member of
- American Association of Christian Schools
- Accreditation, state list
- Marked accredited, per the Alabama Department of Revenue list of non-public schools participating in the Alabama Educational Scholarship Program, as of August 10, 2026. The list does not name the accrediting agency.
- 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
- 51 to 87, up 36 (71%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (77 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 1 (20)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 10 (1)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 2; lower grades 9
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 179
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,340
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Alabama
- 1 day shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 4.9 here; median 10 at 139 AL combined schools
- Size in Madison County
- Larger than 7 of 20 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.
Bethlehem Christian Academy tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $6,000 to $13,755 a year, published by 2 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 Bethlehem Christian Academy?
Use $0 or more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lifegate Academy | $6,000 to $7,500 | 2026-27 | 13.6 |
| Westminster Christian Acad - Lower School Campus | $13,755 | 2026-27 | 13.7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pineview Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 149 | 10 |
| Ford's Chapel Learning Center | PreK-K | 7 | 10 |
| Calvary Baptist Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 54 | 12 |
| Life Christian Academy | Transitional K-12 | 215 | 13 |
| Union Chapel Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-7 | 57 | 13 |
| Lifegate Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 14 | |
| Westminster Christian Acad - Lower School Campus ✓ | PreK-5 | 403 | 14 |
| Scruggs Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 15 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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