Mountain Youth Academy
332 Hospital Rd, Mountain City, TN 37683Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 2-12
- Students (K-12)
- 78
- Students per teacher
- 7.8
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
Can you use EFS here?
Not on the EFS list we read
- About the list
- How the EFS list works
- 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: EFS official source, dated August 24, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 10
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 38% boys, 62% girls
- Setting
- Rural
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee under Categories I-SP and III, 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 Cognia.
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 58 to 78, up 20 (34%)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 5 and grade 9 (10 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 2 (1)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 7
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 220
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,540
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 40 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
- 7.8 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN 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.
Mountain Youth 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
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee Avenue Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 230 | 20 |
| East TN Christian Home & Academy | 8-12 | 7 | 25 |
| St. Mary's School ✓ | K-8 | 166 | 31 |
| St. Mary's Catholic School - Washington ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 31 | |
| Acton Academy Johnson City ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 31 | |
| Ashley Academy | PreK-8 | 104 | 32 |
| Munsey Kindergarten | PreK-K | 13 | 32 |
| Central Baptist Preschool and Kindergarten | PreK-K | 16 | 32 |
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