Grace Community Academy of Columbia, Columbia SC: K-12

Tuition: Not published
Grades: K-12
Students (K-12): 58
Students per teacher: 6.7
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Columbia center: 7.2 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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

Net cost: Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website

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School facts

Teachers: 16
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 52% boys, 48% girls
Go on to a 4-year college: 75%
Setting: Suburb

Member of: American Association of Christian Schools

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

Largest grade: 3 grades (7 each)
Smallest grade: Grade 3 and grade 7 (2 each)
Average a grade, high school included: About 5

The school year

Days in the school year: 181
Length of the school day: 6 hours 45 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,220
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person and hybrid
Library or media center: No
Year, against South Carolina: 1 day longer 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 vs county median

Students per teacher: 6.7 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools
Size in Richland County: Larger than 7 of 17 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.
Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.

Grace Community Academy of Columbia tuition, and what ESTF pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website

SC

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 Grace Community Academy of Columbia?

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

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
The Christian Village Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
Lake Murray Montessori School	PreK-K	6	2	Nonsectarian	2
Education Express ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
Kelly Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				4
Northeast Enrichment Academy	Not in the federal survey				4
Rhema Christian School	Not in the federal survey				4
Upward Learning Center ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				5
Cardinal Newman School ✓	7-12	562	10.6	Roman Catholic	5

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Grace Community Academy of Columbia

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