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Calvary Day School

134 S Peace Haven Rd, Winston Salem, NC 27104Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Grades
PreK-12
Students (K-12)
823
Students per teacher
14.3
Affiliation
Baptist
From Winston Salem center
5.1 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use Opportunity Scholarship here?

✓ On the official North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship list
State list
Includes this school
Applying
The 2026-27 priority window ran February 2 to March 2, 2026. Expect early February again.

Source: the official list, read October 26, 2026.

What you would pay here

Net cost
Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page

School facts

Teachers
60
Student body
Coeducational
Boys and girls
52% boys, 48% girls
Go on to a 4-year college
97%
Setting
City
Member of
Association of Christian Schools International

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

631 2019-20 711 2021-22 823 2023-24
2019-20 to 2023-24
631 to 823, up 192 (30%)
Path
Grew in each survey (711 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

158 PK 24 TK 57 K 60 1 54 2 49 3 59 4 59 5 66 6 71 7 74 8 68 9 69 10 64 11 49 12
Largest grade
Grade 8 (74)
Smallest grade
Transitional kindergarten (24)
Average a grade, high school included
About 59

The school year

Days in the school year
174
Length of the school day
7 hours 25 minutes
Hours of school a year
about 1,290
Kindergarten
Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24
In person
Library or media center
Yes
Year, against North Carolina
6 days shorter than the 180-day median of 555 schools we list
School day, against North Carolina
25 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 14.3 NC median 9.3
Students per teacher
This school 823 County median 143
Students vs county median
Students per teacher
14.3 here; median 9.3 at 298 NC combined schools
Size in Forsyth County
Larger than 16 of 17 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

White 89% Black 4% Two or more races 3% Asian 2% Hispanic 2% American Indian under 1%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Calvary Day School tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays

Published tuition
On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
Nearby schools’ prices
$13,913 to $29,960 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
Award
$3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How it varies
Four income tiers. A family of four earning up to $61,050 gets the top amount. Students with disabilities can also use ESA+.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Calvary Day School?

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Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Opportunity Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Tuition at nearby private schools

SchoolPublished tuitionYearMiles
Forsyth Country Day School$19,960 to $29,9602026-272.5
St. Leo Catholic School$13,9132026-274.5
Summit School$22,4502026-274.5

Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.

Other private schools nearby

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
Westlawn ✓Ungraded162.9Nonsectarian1
Winston-Salem Montessori School ✓Ungraded23712.5Nonsectarian2
Forsyth Country Day School ✓PreK-122,15024Nonsectarian2
Cathedral Oak Academy ✓K-121446.6Christian (nondenominational)3
Impact Preparatory Christian Academy ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey3
St. Johns Lutheran School ✓PreK-59112.8Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)4
St. Leo Catholic School ✓PreK-824711.8Roman Catholic4
Summit SchoolPreK-94825.2Nonsectarian5

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