Grace Christian School Tuition, Raleigh NC

Tuition, 2026-27: From $12,200
Grades: K-12
Students (K-12): 874
Students per teacher: 12.4
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Raleigh center: 6.8 miles

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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

Tuition: $12,200 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $3,574 to $7,942
Left to pay: about $4,258 to $8,626, before fees
How the award is set: Four income tiers: the top figure is the lowest-income tier, the bottom figure the highest-income tier.

Award $3,574 to $7,942 Left to pay $4,258 to $8,626

Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 2, 2026.
Award: NCSEAA, Opportunity Scholarship award tiers 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: 75
Student body: Coeducational
Go on to a 4-year college: 93%
Setting: City

Member of: Association of Christian Schools International

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: 713 to 874, up 161 (23%)
Path: Grew in each survey (762 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24

Largest grade: Grade 8 (86)
Smallest grade: Transitional kindergarten (18)
Across the grades: Classes fill up toward the upper grades
Average a grade, high school included: About 62

The school year

Days in the school year: 175
Length of the school day: 7 hours 15 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,270
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against North Carolina: 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 555 schools we list
School day, against North Carolina: 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 12.4 here; median 9.3 at 298 NC combined schools
Size in Wake County: Larger than 54 of 58 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.

Grace Christian School tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: From $12,200
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: $15,300
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27: $15,600
By grade: Rates vary within these bands (details below)

The K to 5 figure uses the kindergarten rate; grades 1 to 5 are $14,100.

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

Tuition from Grace Christian School's website, checked October 2, 2026.

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 Grace Christian School?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms Opportunity Scholarship award (lowest) Children

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 Opportunity Scholarship award for that grade band (the lower end; yours may be higher).
Change them for your child’s grade.

Ask the school: Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; whether it still takes Opportunity Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Thales Academy of Cary ✓	K-10	436	13.5	Nonsectarian	<1
Renaissance Montessori School of Cary	PreK-K	39	19.5	Nonsectarian	<1
Learn With the Best School ✓	1-12	36	5.1	Nonsectarian	<1
Adventist Christian Academy of Raleigh ✓	PreK-10	133	18	Seventh-Day Adventist	2
The Raleigh School	PreK-5	264	9.4	Nonsectarian	2
Children's Discovery Center	PreK-Transitional K	20	9.5	Nonsectarian	2
Cardinal Gibbons ✓	9-12	1,590	13.3	Roman Catholic	2
Triangle Montessori Academy	PreK-6	76	3.1	Nonsectarian	2

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