Evangelical Christian School-Lower School Branch
1920 Forest Hill Irene Rd, Germantown, TN 38139Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-3
- Students (K-12)
- 215
- Students per teacher
- 12
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Germantown center
- 1.8 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
- 19
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 54% boys, 46% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) (Tennessee Categories II and 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
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (67)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 2 (47)
- Average a grade
- About 54
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- 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
- About the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12 here; median 8.8 at 114 TN elementary schools
- Size in Shelby County
- Larger than 28 of 47 other schools we list
- 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.
Evangelical Christian School-Lower School Branch tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bodine School ✓ | 1-6 | 100 | 2 |
| St. George's Independent School ✓ | PreK-12 | 770 | 2 |
| Briarcrest Christian School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Germantown Baptist Church Learning Center | PreK-Transitional K | 12 | 2 |
| First Assembly Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 503 | 2 |
| Highland Day School | PreK-K | 9 | 3 |
| Cornerstone Learning Center | PreK-K | 20 | 3 |
| The Phoenix School for Creative Learning | 4-12 | 13 | 3 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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