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Chambers Academy

15048 Us Highway 431, Lafayette, AL 36862Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Tuition, 2026-27
$6,975
Grades
PreK-12
Students (K-12)
312
Students per teacher
14.9
Affiliation
Nonsectarian
From Opelika center
14.8 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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

Tuition
$6,975 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award
about $7,000
Left to pay
about $0: the award covers the full listed price, before fees

School facts

Teachers
21
Student body
Coeducational
Boys and girls
46% boys, 54% girls
Go on to a 4-year college
9%
Setting
Rural
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.

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

216 2019-20 263 2021-22 312 2023-24
2019-20 to 2023-24
216 to 312, up 96 (44%)
Path
Grew in each survey (263 in 2021-22)

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

55 PK 19 K 19 1 17 2 13 3 26 4 18 5 19 6 31 7 28 8 29 9 37 10 26 11 30 12
Largest grade
Grade 10 (37)
Smallest grade
Grade 3 (13)
Across the grades
Classes fill up toward the upper grades
High school grades
Average 31; lower grades 21

The school year

Days in the school year
173
Length of the school day
8 hours
Hours of school a year
about 1,380
Kindergarten
Full day, 5 days a week
Library or media center
Yes
Year, against Alabama
7 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
School day, against Alabama
60 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 14.9 AL median 10
Students per teacher
Students per teacher
14.9 here; median 10 at 139 AL combined schools

Student body, 2023-24

White 97% Black 2% Hispanic under 1% Two or more races under 1%

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

Chambers Academy tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27
$6,975
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
$6,975
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
$6,975

Tuition is $6,975 per student for K5 through 12th grade; a $480 work assessment is charged only if 24 service hours are not completed.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from Chambers Academy's website, checked October 6, 2026.

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 Chambers Academy?

  • Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
  • Award filled in: the 2026-27 CHOOSE Act award for that grade band.
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Other private schools nearby

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
Springwood School ✓PreK-1224410.5Christian (nondenominational)11
Acts Academy ✓3-12112.8Baptist13
Trinity Christian School ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey14
Lyman Ward Military Academy6-12977.5Nonsectarian, all-boys16
Southern Preparatory Academy ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey16
The Chanticleer Learning Center7-12506.8Nonsectarian16
Lee-Scott Academy ✓PreK-1275010.5Christian (nondenominational)16
The Oaks School ✓K-1211311.4Christian (nondenominational)17

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