Boyd-Buchanan School
4650 Buccaneer Trl, Chattanooga, TN 37411Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $12,910
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 1,034
- Students per teacher
- 11
- Affiliation
- Church of Christ
- From Chattanooga center
- 2.6 miles
Can you use EFS here?
✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- For 2026-27, renewals opened December 9, 2025 and new applications opened January 13, 2026. The window closed February 6, 2026 at 4 p.m. Central, the department’s applications page and its February 20, 2026 announcement say; its 2026-27 FAQ, dated December 22, 2025 and not updated since, still gives January 30, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet.
Source: the official list, dated August 24, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Tuition
- $12,910 (K to 5, 2026-27)
- Award
- about $7,530
- Left to pay
- about $5,380, before fees
Award $7,530 Left to pay $5,380
- Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 2, 2026.
- Award: Tennessee Department of Education, Education Freedom Scholarships, read October 9, 2026.
- Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers
School facts
- Teachers
- 94
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 56% boys, 44% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 82%
- Setting
- City
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Cognia and Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) (Tennessee Category III), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 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
- 966 to 1,034, up 68 (7%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (992 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 9 (100)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 (55)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 80
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 Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- About the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 11 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Hamilton County
- Larger than 25 of 28 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.
Boyd-Buchanan School tuition, and what EFS pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $12,910
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $14,540
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $16,060
- Required fees
- $250 a year
- By grade
- Rates vary within these bands (details below)
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from Boyd-Buchanan School's website, checked October 2, 2026.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Boyd-Buchanan School?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27), plus required fees.
- Award filled in: the 2026-27 EFS award for that grade band.
- Change them for your child’s grade.
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- Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainerd Baptist School | $13,660 | 2026-27 | 2.4 |
| Notre Dame High School | $16,990 | 2026-27 | 2.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orange Grove School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Discovery Learners Academy ✓ | Ungraded | 50 | 2 |
| Skyuka Hall School ✓ | K-12 | 118 | 2 |
| Brainerd Baptist School ✓ | PreK-5 | 266 | 2 |
| Hamilton Heights Christian Academy ✓ | 9-12 | 66 | 2 |
| Notre Dame High School ✓ | 9-12 | 392 | 2 |
| Hickory Valley Christian School ✓ | PreK-5 | 68 | 3 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School ✓ | PreK-8 | 234 | 3 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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