Center for Learning, Columbia SC: PreK-5, Accepts ESTF

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-5
Students (K-12): 72
Students per teacher: 7.2
Affiliation: Nonsectarian
From Columbia center: 5.6 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use ESTF here?

✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.

Source: the official list, dated September 28, 2026.

What you would pay here

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

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School facts

Teachers: 10
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 47% boys, 53% girls
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: 72 to 72, no change
Path: Dipped to 70 in 2021-22, then came back

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

Largest grade: Kindergarten (27)
Smallest grade: Grade 5 (2)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades

The school year

Days in the school year: 182
Length of the school day: 10 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,820
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against South Carolina: 2 days longer than the 180-day median of 271 schools we list
School day, against South Carolina: 180 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 7.2 here; median 8.3 at 69 SC elementary schools
Size in Richland County: Larger than 9 of 17 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.

Center for Learning tuition, and what ESTF pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website

SC

South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account

Award: $7,634 per student for 2026-27
How it varies: Paid quarterly.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Center for Learning?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms ESTF award Children

Ask the school: Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Peace of Mind & Sunnyside Academy	Not in the federal survey				<1
Jubilee Academy ✓	PreK-4	16	2.7	Christian (nondenominational)	1
Bridges School at the Therapy Place ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				1
Harmony School	PreK-3	10	3.3	Nonsectarian	1
Daniels Christian Schools	K-12	31	10.7	Christian (nondenominational)	1
St. Martin de Porres School ✓	PreK-6	33	7.5	Roman Catholic	2
Marnie Leads Academy	PreK-K	1	not reported	Christian (nondenominational)	2
Opa's Learning Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2

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