Friendship Day School for the Sciences & the Arts
3400 Beatties Ford Rd, Charlotte, NC 28216Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-5
- Students (K-12)
- 72
- Students per teacher
- 7.7
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Charlotte center
- 5.1 miles
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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 13
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 46% boys, 54% girls
- Setting
- City
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 77 to 72, down 5 (6%)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 3 (18)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (5)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,200
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against North Carolina
- 8 days shorter than the 180-day median of 555 schools we list
- School day, against North Carolina
- About the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.7 here; median 8.8 at 175 NC elementary schools
- Size in Mecklenburg County
- Larger than 23 of 60 other schools we list
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.
Friendship Day School for the Sciences & the Arts tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Scholarship
- 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 Day School for the Sciences & the Arts?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Opportunity Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Opportunity Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berean Junior Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Berean Jr Academy ✓ | K-7 | 44 | <1 |
| Victory Christian Center School ✓ | PreK-12 | 219 | <1 |
| Brisbane Academy Preparatory School | PreK-8 | 48 | 2 |
| Charlotte Leadership Academy ✓ | 6-12 | 44 | 2 |
| Teaching Achieving Students Academy ✓ | 2-7 | 12 | 2 |
| Knowledge Is Power Early Learning Program ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Northside Christian Academy | K-12 | 186 | 4 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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