Harvest Christian School, Bessemer AL: Accepts CHOOSE Act

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 50
Students per teacher: 7.8
Affiliation: Baptist
From Bessemer center: 10.4 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use CHOOSE Act here?

✓ On the official Alabama CHOOSE Act list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: The 2026-27 window closed March 31, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet; the 2026-27 portal for new families opened January 2, 2026.

Source: the official list, dated October 23, 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: 8
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 40% boys, 60% girls
Go on to a 4-year college: 100%
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: 24 to 50, up 26 (108%)
Path: Grew in each survey (42 in 2021-22)

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

Largest grade: Grade 5 (8)
Smallest grade: Grade 2 (1)
Average a grade, high school included: About 4

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,260
Kindergarten: Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person, virtual and hybrid
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Alabama: Same as the median of the 255 private schools we list
School day, against Alabama: About the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 7.8 here; median 10 at 139 AL combined schools
Size in Jefferson County: Larger than 10 of 43 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.

Harvest Christian School tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays

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

AL

Alabama CHOOSE Act Education savings account

Award: $7,000 per student at a participating school
How it varies: Homeschooled students get $2,000 each, up to $4,000 a family.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Harvest Christian School?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms CHOOSE Act award Children

Ask the school: Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes CHOOSE Act for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Brooklane Baptist Academy ✓	PreK-12	141	12.2	Baptist	7
Deeper Life Academy	PreK-11	15	5	Pentecostal	7
Triumphant Child Care Center	Transitional K	2	2	Pentecostal	9
New Life Christian School of Excellence	K-5	107	13.4	Christian (nondenominational)	9
Mt. Pilgrim Christian Academy ✓	K-6	49	7.5	Baptist	9
Dunnams Private School	PreK-Transitional K	10	10	Christian (nondenominational)	10
Restoration Academy ✓	K-12	371	10.6	Christian (nondenominational)	10
Bessemer Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				11

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Harvest Christian School

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