Philmore Academy for Science & Arts
6015 Old Stone Mountain Rd, Stone Mountain, GA 30087Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 95
- Students per teacher
- 8
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Stone Mountain center
- 2.4 miles
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. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 12
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 36% boys, 64% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 (24)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (4)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,290
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Georgia
- Same as the median of the 575 private schools we list
- School day, against Georgia
- 10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8 here; median 8 at 184 GA elementary schools
- Size in Dekalb County
- Larger than 34 of 51 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.
Philmore Academy for Science & Arts tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $12,027 to $13,688 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
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 Philmore Academy for Science & Arts?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Promise Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wilson Academy | $12,027 | 2026-27 | 0.1 |
| C.H.O.I.C.E. Preparatory Academy | $12,500 | not stated | 4.3 |
| St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School | $13,688 | not stated | 4.4 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Wilson Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Tread Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Parkview Christian School | K-8 | 95 | 3 |
| The Drake School ✓ | K-4 | 30 | 4 |
| Thrive Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 189 | 4 |
| C.H.O.I.C.E. Preparatory Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Calvary Chapel Christian School | K-5 | 94 | 4 |
| St. John Neumann Regional Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 316 | 4 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
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- Georgia Promise Scholarship: amount and eligibility
- All Georgia Promise Scholarship schools
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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