New Horizons New Directions Preparatory Academy
814 Experiment St., Griffin, GA 30223Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 53
- Students per teacher
- 8
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Griffin center
- Under 1 mile
Can you use Promise Scholarship here?
✓ On the official Georgia Promise Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The last 2026-27 window is November 1 to 30, 2026. It is open only to families at or below 400% of the poverty level, and awards from it pay for spring 2027 only. The 2027 calendar is due by December 15, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated April 23, 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
- 8
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 55% boys, 45% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 50%
- Setting
- Town
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by GAC, per the Georgia Promise Scholarship participating private schools list for 2026-27, approved as of April 23, 2026.
- 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
- 62 to 53, down 9 (15%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 8 and grade 11 (8 each)
- Smallest grade
- 3 grades (1 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 7; lower grades 3
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 168
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 40 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,120
- Kindergarten
- Half day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Georgia
- 12 days shorter than the 180-day median of 575 schools we list
- School day, against Georgia
- 20 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8 here; median 8.2 at 279 GA 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.
New Horizons New Directions Preparatory Academy tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Georgia Promise Scholarship Education savings account
- Award
- Up to $6,500 per student
- How it varies
- Paid in four quarterly installments.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at New Horizons New Directions Preparatory Academy?
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Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Promise Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| First Baptist Kindergarten | PreK-K | 20 | <1 |
| Griffin Christian School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Equal Chance Christian School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Stepping Stones Education Therapy Center | PreK-K | 32 | 3 |
| Skipstone Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Grace Academy Center for Independent Study | 1-12 | 31 | 6 |
| Hampton First Baptist Academy | PreK-K | 8 | 9 |
| Strong Rock Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 920 | 10 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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Next Promise Scholarship date: Open now, until November 30, 2026 (Last 2026-27 application window (400% of poverty or less; funds spring 2027)).
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