Excel Christian Academy
54 7th St., Emerson, GA 30137Open, per Google (checked Oct 19, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 118
- Students per teacher
- 8.4
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Cartersville center
- 3.7 miles
Can you use Promise Scholarship here?
✓ On the official Georgia Promise Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The last 2026-27 window is November 1 to 30, 2026. It is open only to families at or below 400% of the poverty level, and awards from it pay for spring 2027 only. The 2027 calendar is due by December 15, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated April 23, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 15
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 51% boys, 49% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 85%
- Setting
- Rural
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Cognia/AdvancED, per the Georgia Promise Scholarship participating private schools list for 2026-27, approved as of April 23, 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
- Grade 11 (13)
- Smallest grade
- 3 grades (6 each)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 9
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 170
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 20 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,080
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Georgia
- 10 days shorter than the 180-day median of 575 schools we list
- School day, against Georgia
- 40 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.4 here; median 8.2 at 279 GA 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Excel Christian Academy tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
Georgia Promise Scholarship Education savings account
- Award
- Up to $6,500 per student
- How it varies
- Paid in four quarterly installments.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Excel Christian Academy?
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Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Promise Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rollins Child Development Center | PreK-K | 9 | 4 |
| Life Song Montessori | PreK-2 | 11 | 4 |
| Trinity School of Cartersville | PreK-K | 3 | 4 |
| Brookwood Christian Language School ✓ | 1-12 | 74 | 6 |
| Grace Academy of Cartersville | K-12 | 33 | 7 |
| Goddard School of Dallas | PreK-1 | 20 | 7 |
| Cornerstone Preparatory Academy ✓ | K-12 | 422 | 7 |
| The Link School | Ungraded | 21 | 8 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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Next Promise Scholarship date: Open now, until November 30, 2026 (Last 2026-27 application window (400% of poverty or less; funds spring 2027)).
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