Cleveland Academy
175 Industrial Ct Sw, Cleveland, TN 37311Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 7-11
- Students (K-12)
- 15
- Students per teacher
- 7.5
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Cleveland center
- 3.7 miles
Can you use EFS here?
Not on the EFS list we read
- About the list
- How the EFS list works
- Applying
- For 2026-27, renewals opened December 9, 2025 and new applications opened January 13, 2026. The window closed February 6, 2026 at 4 p.m. Central, the department’s applications page and its February 20, 2026 announcement say; its 2026-27 FAQ, dated December 22, 2025 and not updated since, still gives January 30, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet.
Source: EFS official source, dated August 24, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 2
- Student body
- All-girls
- Setting
- City
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved by the Tennessee Department of Education (Category I-SP), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is state approval, not accreditation.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- 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
- 16 to 15, down 1
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 8 (5)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (1)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 3
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 200
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,500
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 20 days longer than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.5 here; median 8.3 at 25 TN secondary schools
- Size in Bradley County
- Larger than 2 of 11 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.
Cleveland Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triumph Academy: An Acton Academy | K-6 | 8 | <1 |
| Cleveland Christian School | K-12 | 102 | 2 |
| United Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 37 | 4 |
| The Montessori School of Cleveland | PreK-8 | 50 | 4 |
| Bowman Hills School | K-8 | 90 | 5 |
| Tennessee Christian Preparatory School ✓ | PreK-12 | 158 | 5 |
| Faith Haven Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-5 | 47 | 7 |
| Ludic Spectrum Center | Ungraded | 18 | 7 |
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