Breath of Life Academy
PO Box 281394, Memphis, TN 38168Checked against the official list (dated August 24, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-3
- Students (K-12)
- 40
- Students per teacher
- 6.7
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Memphis center
- 8.0 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
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet
School facts
- Teachers
- 6
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Setting
- City
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 3 (12)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 2 (7)
- Average a grade
- About 10
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,440
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 60 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.7 here; median 8.8 at 114 TN elementary schools
- Size in Shelby County
- Larger than 11 of 47 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Breath of Life Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Breath of Life Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Breath of Life Preparatory Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Pure Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| The Land Academy Elementary School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| New Hope Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-6 | 342 | 3 |
| Greater Praise Christian Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Central Baptist School ✓ | K-12 | 160 | 4 |
| Brinkley Heights Urban Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 114 | 4 |
| Faith Heritage Christian Academy | K-12 | 736 | 4 |
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