Macon East Academy
15396 Vaughn Rd, Cecil, AL 36013Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $6,975
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 241
- Students per teacher
- 10.5
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Montgomery center
- 15.3 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
- Tuition
- $6,975 (K to 5, 2026-27)
- Award
- about $7,000
- Left to pay
- about $0: the award covers the full listed price, before fees
Award $7,000 Left to pay $0
- Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 6, 2026.
- Award: Alabama Department of Revenue, the CHOOSE Act, read October 9, 2026.
- Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers
School facts
- Teachers
- 24
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 100%
- Setting
- Rural
- Accreditation, state list
- Marked accredited, per the Alabama Department of Revenue list of non-public schools participating in the Alabama Educational Scholarship Program, as of August 10, 2026. The list does not name the accrediting agency.
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 12 (27)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 2 (12)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 19
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 Alabama
- 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- About the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.5 here; median 10 at 139 AL combined schools
- Size in Montgomery County
- Larger than 10 of 13 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Macon East Academy tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $6,975
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $10,595
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $10,595
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from Macon East Academy's website, checked October 6, 2026.
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 Macon East Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees CHOOSE Act pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
- Award filled in: the 2026-27 CHOOSE Act award for that grade band.
- Change them for your child’s grade.
- Ask the school
- Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; whether it still takes CHOOSE Act for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Focus Point Education Academy | PreK-1 | 8 | 8 |
| Churchill Academy Parent Association | 1-12 | 36 | 10 |
| Montessori School at Hampstead | PreK-K | 10 | 10 |
| Metro Christian Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 10 | |
| Calvary Christian Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 11 | |
| Lighthouse Christian Academy | K-8 | 40 | 11 |
| Saint James School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 12 | |
| Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School ✓ | PreK-12 | 732 | 12 |
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