Hickory Valley Christian School
6605 Shallowford Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37421Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 68
- Students per teacher
- 6.5
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Chattanooga center
- 4.6 miles
Can you use EFS here?
✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- For 2026-27, renewals opened December 9, 2025 and new applications opened January 13, 2026. The window closed February 6, 2026 at 4 p.m. Central, the department’s applications page and its February 20, 2026 announcement say; its 2026-27 FAQ, dated December 22, 2025 and not updated since, still gives January 30, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet.
Source: the official list, dated August 24, 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
- 13
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 49% boys, 51% girls
- Setting
- City
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Cognia and Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) (Tennessee Category III), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026.
- Accreditation: the state’s list.
- 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
- 61 to 68, up 7 (11%)
- Path
- Rose to 68 in 2021-22, then held
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (14)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 3 (9)
- Average a grade
- About 11
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 175
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,230
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- About the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.5 here; median 8.8 at 114 TN elementary schools
- Size in Hamilton County
- Larger than 9 of 28 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.
Hickory Valley Christian School tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $12,910 to $19,395 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Hickory Valley Christian School?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Nicholas School | $19,395 | not stated | 1.7 |
| Silverdale Baptist Academy | $13,280 to $16,610 | not stated | 2.0 |
| Boyd-Buchanan School | $12,910 to $16,060 | 2026-27 | 2.6 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annoor Academy of Chattanooga ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| St. Nicholas School ✓ | PreK-5 | 106 | 2 |
| Silverdale Baptist Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,195 | 2 |
| Orange Grove School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Grace Baptist Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 525 | 2 |
| Boyd-Buchanan School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,034 | 3 |
| Parkridge Valley Academy | 2-12 | 56 | 3 |
| Skyuka Hall School ✓ | K-12 | 118 | 4 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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