Jefferson Christian Academy
1500 Heritage Pl Dr, Irondale, AL 35210Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- K-12
- Students (K-12)
- 158
- Students per teacher
- 6.6
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Birmingham center
- 8.8 miles
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. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 24
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 46% boys, 54% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 85%
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 220 to 158, down 62 (28%)
- Path
- Fell in each survey (179 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 12 (17)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (7)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 12
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,310
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Alabama
- Same as the median of the 255 private schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.6 here; median 10 at 139 AL combined schools
- Size in Jefferson County
- Larger than 32 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.
Jefferson Christian Academy tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $11,000 to $20,950 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
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 Jefferson Christian Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees CHOOSE Act pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- 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
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands School | $20,950 | 2026-27 | 4.1 |
| Cornerstone High School | $11,000 to $12,000 | 2025-26 | 4.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands School ✓ | PreK-8 | 296 | 4 |
| Banks Academy ✓ | 6-12 | 125 | 4 |
| Trinity Outreach Ministries | PreK-Transitional K | 2 | 4 |
| Mitchell's Place ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Cornerstone High School | PreK-12 | 659 | 4 |
| The American Academy for Young Professionals (Gr. 6-12) ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 5 | |
| Allan Cott School | 1-12 | 59 | 5 |
| Integrity Christian Academy | PreK-4 | 13 | 5 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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