Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy Tuition 2026-27: $7,005

Tuition, 2026-27: $7,005
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 205
Students per teacher: 9
Affiliation: Nonsectarian
From Aiken center: 20.4 miles

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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.

What you would pay here

Tuition: $7,005 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $7,634
Left to pay: about $0: the award covers the full listed price, before fees

Award $7,634 Left to pay $0

Tuition: the school’s tuition sheet, checked October 1, 2026.
Award: South Carolina ESTF, Education Service Provider Guide 2026-27, read October 9, 2026.
Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers

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School facts

Teachers: 24
Student body: Coeducational
Go on to a 4-year college: 93%
Setting: Rural

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

2019-20 to 2023-24: 149 to 205, up 56 (38%)
Path: Peaked at 214 in 2021-22

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 9 (23)
Smallest grade: Grade 10 (9)
Average a grade, high school included: About 16

The school year

Days in the school year: 165
Length of the school day: 6 hours 45 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,110
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against South Carolina: 15 days shorter than the 180-day median of 271 schools we list
School day, against South Carolina: 15 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 9 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC 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.

Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy tuition, and what ESTF pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: $7,005
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: $7,005
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27: $7,005

Tuition Sheet 2026-2027 (Finalsite file linked from the enrollment page): 1 Student (1st-12th) $7,005.00 annually (used for all bands); K5 $5,812.50; multi student totals lower per child. Required enrollment fee $300 before January 31 or $350 after.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy's tuition sheet, checked October 1, 2026.

South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account

Award: $7,634 per student for 2026-27
How it varies: Paid quarterly.

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

What would you pay at Francis Hugh Wardlaw Academy?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms ESTF award Children

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 ESTF award for that grade band.
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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
W Wyman King Academy ✓	PreK-12	194	11.4	Nonsectarian	16
Covenant Christian Academy of Augusta ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				17
Second Baptist Christian Preparatory School	PreK-5	23	2.3	Baptist	18
Mead Hall Episcopal School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				18
First Presbyterian Church Preschool	PreK-K	12	5.7	Presbyterian	19
Hillview Christian Academy ✓	PreK-5	18	2.6	Baptist	19
St. John's Methodist Kindergarten	PreK-K	16	7	Methodist	19
Aiken's First Baptist Church Preschool	PreK-K	14	7	Baptist	19

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