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Patrick Henry Academy

8766 Savannah Hwy, Estill, SC 29918Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Tuition
Not published
Grades
PreK-12
Students (K-12)
303
Students per teacher
13.3
Affiliation
Christian (nondenominational)

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use ESTF here?

✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list
State list
Includes this school
Applying
Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.

Source: the official list, dated September 28, 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
23
Student body
Coeducational
Boys and girls
54% boys, 46% girls
Go on to a 4-year college
93%
Setting
Rural

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

274 2021-22 303 2023-24
2021-22 to 2023-24
274 to 303, up 29 (11%)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

31 PK 14 K 19 1 17 2 25 3 24 4 17 5 26 6 14 7 32 8 34 9 24 10 30 11 27 12
Largest grade
Grade 9 (34)
Smallest grade
Kindergarten and grade 7 (14 each)
Across the grades
Classes fill up toward the upper grades
Average a grade, high school included
About 23

The school year

Days in the school year
180
Length of the school day
6 hours 30 minutes
Hours of school a year
about 1,170
Kindergarten
Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24
In person
Library or media center
Yes
Year, against South Carolina
Same as the median of the 271 private schools we list
School day, against South Carolina
30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 13.3 SC median 9.5
Students per teacher
Students per teacher
13.3 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools

Student body, 2023-24

White 96% Hispanic 2% Black 2% Asian under 1% Pacific Islander under 1%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Patrick Henry Academy tuition, and what ESTF pays

Published tuition
No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Nearby schools’ prices
$7,500 to $17,900 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Award
$7,634 per student for 2026-27
How it varies
Paid quarterly.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply

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Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Tuition at nearby private schools

SchoolPublished tuitionYearMiles
Thomas Heyward Academy$7,5002026-2720.1
John Paul II Catholic School$15,900 to $17,9002026-2731.9

Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.

Other private schools nearby

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
Thomas Heyward Academy ✓PreK-1225613.8Nonsectarian20
Step of Faith Christian Academy ✓PreK-121888.2Baptist20
Community Christian AcademyK-12345.6Baptist24
Legacy Christian Academy ✓PreK-121478.6Baptist24
Agape Christian AcademyK-12424.4Christian (nondenominational)29
Andrew Jackson Academy ✓PreK-1226616.6Christian (nondenominational)31
John Paul II Catholic School ✓6-123639.5Roman Catholic32
North Walterboro Christian Academy ✓PreK-121609.5Baptist33

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