Lancaster Christian Academy
150 Soccer Way, Smyrna, TN 37167Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 248
- Students per teacher
- 8.8
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Antioch center
- 9.1 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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 35
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 51% boys, 49% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 75%
- Setting
- City
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee under Categories II and IV, which includes accreditation by an agency the State Board of Education authorizes, per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. The list names Tennessee Association of Non-Public Academic Schools (TANAS).
- 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
- 254 to 248, down 6 (2%)
- Path
- Peaked at 283 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 4 (27)
- Smallest grade
- 3 grades (15 each)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 19
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 183
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,280
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 3 days longer 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
- 8.8 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Rutherford County
- Larger than 8 of 10 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.
Lancaster Christian Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Lancaster Christian Academy?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Christian Day School ✓ | PreK-5 | 49 | <1 |
| Abundant Life Christian Academy | K-10 | 31 | 4 |
| Lancaster Christian Academy Early Learning Center-Murfreesboro ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 8 | |
| Priest Lake Christian Academy | PreK-4 | 16 | 9 |
| Ezell-Harding Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 484 | 9 |
| Primrose School of North Murfreesboro ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 9 | |
| Redeemer Classical Academy | K-12 | 63 | 10 |
| Franklin Road Christian School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 10 | |
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