Busche Academy
40 Chester St., Chester, NH 03036Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 120
- Students per teacher
- 15
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Manchester center
- 9.5 miles
Can you use EFA here?
New Hampshire publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the EFA list works
- Applying
- Applications stay open through the program administrator, but new applicants without priority go to the waitlist.
Source: EFA official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 8
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 75% boys, 25% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 90%
- Setting
- Rural
- 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
- 24 to 120, up 96 (400%)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Every grade
- 30 students, grade 9 to grade 12
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 150
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,050
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against New Hampshire
- 30 days shorter than the 180-day median of 123 schools we list
- School day, against New Hampshire
- 20 minutes longer than the median of 6 hours 40 minutes (125 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 15 here; median 7.4 at 22 NH secondary schools
- Size in Rockingham County
- Larger than 13 of 16 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.
Busche Academy tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
New Hampshire Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account
- Award
- About $4,800 on average for 2026-27, NHPR reported (August 14, 2026)
- How it varies
- The amount varies by student. Extra funding applies for special education, English learners and lower-income students. We could not confirm the exact 2026-27 figures.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sonshine Preschool & Daycare | PreK-1 | 10 | 5 |
| Wonder Years Learning Center-Derry | PreK-Transitional K | 15 | 6 |
| Auburn Montessori School | PreK-K | 6 | 7 |
| Jesse Remington High School | 9-12 | 41 | 8 |
| Lexington Academy | 3-6 | 3 | 8 |
| Alpha Bits Learning Center II | PreK-K | 7 | 8 |
| Southern NH Montessori Academy | PreK-6 | 12 | 8 |
| Holycross Early Childhood Center | PreK-K | 6 | 8 |
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