Peer Academy
910 Zoe Way, Knoxville, TN 37909Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-10
- Students (K-12)
- 45
- Students per teacher
- 3
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Knoxville center
- 3.8 miles
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
- 15
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 78% boys, 22% girls
- Setting
- City
- 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
- Largest grade
- Grade 5 (6)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 6 and grade 7 (2 each)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 4
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 200
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,300
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Tennessee
- 20 days longer than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 3 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Knox County
- Larger than 7 of 28 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.
Peer 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
What would you pay at Peer Academy?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Cathedral School ✓ | PreK-8 | 503 | 1 |
| New Pathways Academy | 8-12 | 28 | 2 |
| Pride & Joy Children's Academy | PreK-K | 6 | 2 |
| Knoxville Montessori School | PreK-11 | 82 | 2 |
| Knoxville Adventist School | K-9 | 36 | 2 |
| Rivers Edge Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 581 | 2 |
| West Hills Baptist Preschool & Kindergarten ✓ | K | 13 | 2 |
| Giving Tree Montessori ✓ | PreK-K | 10 | 3 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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