New System School
520 W Bates St., Rockwood, TN 37854Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-12
- Students (K-12)
- 472
- Affiliation
- Other religious
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
- 370
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 45% boys, 55% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 0%
- Setting
- Town
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee through membership in TN Alliance (Category IV, the church-related school category), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is approval, not accreditation.
- 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
- 344 to 472, up 128 (37%)
- Path
- Peaked at 532 in 2021-22
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 7 (57)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 (20)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 36
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 5 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 900
- Kindergarten
- Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 120 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (373 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.
New System School 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sailaway Learning & Academy | 10-12 | 4 | 10 |
| Mount Pisgah Christian Academy | K-12 | 157 | 18 |
| Christian Academy of the Cumberlands High School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 20 | |
| Christian Academy of the Cumberlands Elementary School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 20 | |
| Trinity Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 21 | |
| Inez Wrenn SDA School ✓ | 1-8 | 18 | 22 |
| Redemption Baptist Academy | K-10 | 11 | 22 |
| Lenoir City Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-7 | 84 | 24 |
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