Education Express, Columbia SC: Accepts ESTF

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.

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

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

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

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
The Christian Village Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				<1
Cardinal Newman School ✓	7-12	562	10.6	Roman Catholic	1
Rhema Christian School	Not in the federal survey				2
St. John Newmann Catholic School ✓	PreK-6	255	11.8	Roman Catholic	2
Upward Learning Center ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
Mission Hope Foundation	PreK-10	66	7.3	Islamic	3
Grace Community Academy of Columbia ✓	K-12	58	6.7	Christian (nondenominational)	3
Bright New Beginnings Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3

On the program’s official list Other private schools

No new ESTF application dates are posted yet. How ESTF works.