Build Up Community School
222 6th Ave Sw, Birmingham, AL 35211Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 50
- Students per teacher
- 7.6
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Birmingham center
- 6.0 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
- 9
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Career/technical
- Boys and girls
- 64% boys, 36% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 20%
- 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
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 44 to 50, up 6 (14%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (46 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 9 and grade 10 (15 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 and grade 12 (10 each)
- Average a grade
- About 13
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,420
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Alabama
- 8 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- 75 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.6 here; median 8.5 at 11 AL secondary schools
- Size in Jefferson County
- Larger than 10 of 43 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.
Build Up Community School tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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 Build Up Community School?
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Tuition and fees CHOOSE Act pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Family Catholic Academy ✓ | PreK-8 | 19 | <1 |
| Restoration Academy ✓ | K-12 | 371 | 2 |
| New Hope Christian Elementary School ✓ | PreK-8 | 45 | 3 |
| Mt. Pilgrim Christian Academy ✓ | K-6 | 49 | 3 |
| Rock City Preparatory Christian School ✓ | K-8 | 26 | 3 |
| Ephesus Academy ✓ | PreK-11 | 54 | 3 |
| Miracle Academy Private Christian School ✓ | K-10 | 81 | 4 |
| Glad Tidings Christian Academy | PreK-6 | 38 | 4 |
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