Hope Christian Academy, Columbia SC: 4-12, Accepts ESTF

Tuition: Not published
Grades: 4-12
Students (K-12): 13
Students per teacher: 3.6
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Columbia center: 11.1 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: 4
Student body: Coeducational
Program: Special education
Go on to a 4-year college: 0%
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

Enrollment over time

2019-20 to 2023-24: 9 to 13, up 4
Path: Held at 9 to 2021-22, then rose

Students by grade, 2023-24

Largest grade: Grade 4 (2)
Smallest grade: 8 grades (1 each)
Average a grade, high school included: About 1
Ungraded classes: 3 students

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 6 hours 30 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,170
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against South Carolina: Same as the median of the 271 private schools we list
School day, against South Carolina: 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 3.6 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools

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.

Hope Christian Academy 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 Hope Christian Academy?

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
Grace Christian School ✓	PreK-12	183	10.9	Baptist	<1
Colonial Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				1
Holy Trinity Lutheran School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
Glenforest School ✓	K-12	68	4.5	Nonsectarian	2
Edge Christian Academy ✓	PreK-7	28	7	Christian (nondenominational)	2
St. Peters Catholic School	PreK-6	94	9.4	Roman Catholic	3
Opa's Learning Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				4
Columbia Islamic School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				4

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