Big Cove Christian Academy
6354 Hwy 431 S, Owens Cross Roads, AL 35763Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-12
- Students (K-12)
- 40
- Students per teacher
- 13.3
- Affiliation
- Seventh-Day Adventist
- From Huntsville center
- 10.8 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
- 3
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 42% boys, 58% girls
- Setting
- Town
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 33 to 40, up 7 (21%)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 3 (8)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (1)
- Average a grade
- About 4
- High school grades
- Average 3; lower grades 4
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 virtual
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Alabama
- Same as the median of the 255 private schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- About the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 13.3 here; median 10 at 139 AL combined schools
- Size in Madison County
- Larger than 2 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.
Big Cove Christian Academy tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $10,100 to $14,200 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 Big Cove 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitesburg Christian Academy | $12,800 to $14,200 | 2026-27 | 4.5 |
| Valley Leadership Academy | $10,100 to $10,400 | not stated | 5.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willowbrook Weekday Early Education Program | PreK-K | 12 | 3 |
| Whitesburg Christian Academy ✓ | K-12 | 893 | 5 |
| Randolph School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,005 | 5 |
| Holy Spirit Regional Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 435 | 5 |
| First Christian Church Early Childhood Ministry | PreK-K | 7 | 5 |
| Valley Leadership Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 6 | |
| Grace Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 153 | 6 |
| The Montessori Learning Center | PreK-K | 7 | 6 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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