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Friendship Christian School

5510 Falls of Neuse Rd, Raleigh, NC 27609Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Grades
PreK-12
Students (K-12)
266
Students per teacher
9.6
Affiliation
Baptist
From Raleigh center
2.3 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use Opportunity Scholarship here?

✓ On the official North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship list
State list
Includes this school
Applying
The 2026-27 priority window ran February 2 to March 2, 2026. Expect early February again.

Source: the official list, read October 26, 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
29
Student body
Coeducational
Boys and girls
51% boys, 49% girls
Go on to a 4-year college
60%
Setting
City
Member of
American Association of Christian Schools, Association of Christian Schools International

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

308 2019-20 286 2021-22 266 2023-24
2019-20 to 2023-24
308 to 266, down 42 (14%)
Path
Fell in each survey (286 in 2021-22)

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

14 PK 18 K 19 1 21 2 18 3 20 4 20 5 19 6 22 7 22 8 18 9 19 10 25 11 17 12 8 UG
Largest grade
Grade 11 (25)
Smallest grade
Grade 12 (17)
Average a grade, high school included
About 20
Ungraded classes
8 students

The school year

Days in the school year
180
Length of the school day
7 hours 10 minutes
Hours of school a year
about 1,290
Kindergarten
Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24
In person
Library or media center
Yes
Year, against North Carolina
Same as the median of the 555 private schools we list
School day, against North Carolina
10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 9.6 NC median 9.3
Students per teacher
This school 266 County median 238
Students vs county median
Students per teacher
9.6 here; median 9.3 at 298 NC combined schools
Size in Wake County
Larger than 32 of 58 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

White 74% Black 11% Two or more races 7% Hispanic 4% Asian 3%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Friendship Christian School tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays

Published tuition
On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
Nearby schools’ prices
$8,000 to $34,190 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
Award
$3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How it varies
Four income tiers. A family of four earning up to $61,050 gets the top amount. Students with disabilities can also use ESA+.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Friendship Christian School?

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Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Opportunity Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Tuition at nearby private schools

SchoolPublished tuitionYearMiles
St. Thomas More Academy$8,0002026-271.5
St. Timothys School$16,200 to $21,7702026-272.0
Ravenscroft School$21,085 to $34,1902026-272.1

Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.

Other private schools nearby

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
St. Raphael Catholic School ✓K-845813.4Roman Catholic<1
The Fletcher Academy ✓2-122065Nonsectarian<1
St. Thomas More Academy ✓6-1124312.3Roman Catholic1
St. Philip Lutheran PreschoolPreK-Transitional K87.3Evangelical Lutheran Church in America2
St. Timothys School ✓PreK-854812.2Episcopal2
Ravenscroft SchoolPreK-121,2158Nonsectarian2
The Trilogy School ✓2-12453.7Nonsectarian2
Neuse Christian Academy ✓K-123568.2Christian (nondenominational)2

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