Discovery Learners Academy
4315 Brainerd Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37411Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- Ungraded
- Students (K-12)
- 50
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Chattanooga center
- 3.5 miles
Can you use EFS here?
✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- 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: the official list, dated August 24, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 4
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Alternative
- Setting
- City
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Middle States Association, Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS) (Tennessee Category III), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026.
- 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
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,170
- 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 shorter than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12.5 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Hamilton County
- Larger than 4 of 28 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Discovery Learners Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $11,490 to $16,990 a year, published by 4 private schools nearby. School by school
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Discovery Learners Academy?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainerd Baptist School | $13,660 | 2026-27 | 0.4 |
| Belvoir Christian Academy | $11,490 to $12,300 | 2026-27 | 1.1 |
| Boyd-Buchanan School | $12,910 to $16,060 | 2026-27 | 2.0 |
| Notre Dame High School | $16,990 | 2026-27 | 2.0 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brainerd Baptist School ✓ | PreK-5 | 266 | <1 |
| Our Lady of Perpetual Help School ✓ | PreK-8 | 234 | <1 |
| Hamilton Heights Christian Academy ✓ | 9-12 | 66 | 1 |
| Belvoir Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-8 | 99 | 1 |
| Skyuka Hall School ✓ | K-12 | 118 | 1 |
| McCallie School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Boyd-Buchanan School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,034 | 2 |
| Notre Dame High School ✓ | 9-12 | 392 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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