Bright Beginnings Academy
3590 Pleasant Valley Rd, Mobile, AL 36609Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 1-7
- Students (K-12)
- 27
- Students per teacher
- 3.9
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Mobile center
- 1.7 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
- 7
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Special education
- Boys and girls
- 63% boys, 37% girls
- Setting
- City
- 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
- 52 to 27, down 25 (48%)
- Path
- Fell in each survey (46 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 (7)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 3 (2)
- Average a grade
- About 4
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 185
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,300
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Alabama
- 5 days longer than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- About the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 3.9 here; median 8 at 67 AL elementary schools
- Size in Mobile County
- Larger than 7 of 32 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.
Bright Beginnings Academy tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $9,730 to $14,770 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 Bright Beginnings 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Dominic Catholic School | $10,620 | 2026-27 | 1.6 |
| St. Luke's Episcopal School | $9,730 to $14,770 | 2026-27 | 1.8 |
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 Core Project Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Government Street Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 92 | 1 |
| Cottage Hill Christian Academy, Lower | PreK-8 | 369 | 2 |
| St. Dominic Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 277 | 2 |
| St. Pius X School ✓ | PreK-8 | 116 | 2 |
| St. Luke's Episcopal School ✓ | PreK-12 | 428 | 2 |
| Living Word Christian Center Kingdom Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Azalea City Montessori ✓ | PreK-6 | 42 | 2 |
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