Dekalb Christian Academy
750 S Congress Blvd, Smithville, TN 37166Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-11
- Students (K-12)
- 78
- Students per teacher
- 7.4
- Affiliation
- Pentecostal
- From Mc Minnville center
- 18.4 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
- 11
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Setting
- Town
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee through membership in Tennessee Association of Non-Public Academic Schools (TANAS) (Category IV, the church-related school category), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is 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
- 59 to 78, up 19 (32%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (13)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 (1)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 2; lower grades 8
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,350
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private 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
- 7.4 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
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.
Dekalb Christian Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faulkner Springs Christian School ✓ | 3-8 | 6 | 16 |
| Quebeck Christian Education Satellite-Umbrella | K-11 | 28 | 17 |
| Westwood Day School | PreK-K | 7 | 19 |
| FC Boyd Sr Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 140 | 20 |
| Chance Transitional School | 8-12 | 5 | 20 |
| Woodbury Seventh-Day Adventist Elementary School ✓ | K-9 | 20 | 21 |
| Covenant Academy ✓ | K-9 | 65 | 23 |
| Algood Christian Elementary | K-8 | 24 | 27 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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