Pinecrest Academy
955 Peachtree Pkwy, Cumming, GA 30041Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $19,600
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 473
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Cumming center
- 5.2 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
- Tuition
- $19,600 (K to 5, 2026-27)
- Award
- about $6,500
- Left to pay
- about $13,100, before fees
Award $6,500 Left to pay $13,100
- Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 5, 2026.
- Award: Georgia Education Savings Authority, Georgia Promise Scholarship, read October 9, 2026.
- Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers
School facts
- Teachers
- 49
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Archdiocese of Atlanta, GA
- Boys and girls
- 45% boys, 55% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 97%
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by SAIS, 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
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 618 to 473, down 145 (23%)
- Path
- Dipped to 414 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 10 (51)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 2 (23)
- 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
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,350
- 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
- 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.3 here; median 8.2 at 279 GA combined schools
- Size in Forsyth County
- Largest of the 12 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.
Pinecrest Academy tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $19,600
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $22,075
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $24,690
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from Pinecrest Academy's website, checked October 5, 2026.
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 Pinecrest Academy?
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Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
- Award filled in: the 2026-27 Promise Scholarship award for that grade band.
- Change them for your child’s grade.
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fideles Christian School | $4,800 to $7,675 | 2026-27 | 1.6 |
| Friendship Christian School Upper School | $11,740 to $15,759 | 2026-27 | 2.2 |
| Friendship Christian School | $11,740 to $15,759 | 2026-27 | 2.2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fideles Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 449 | 2 |
| Friendship Christian School Upper School | PreK-12 | 254 | 2 |
| Friendship Christian School | PreK-12 | 270 | 2 |
| Parkway Presbyterian Preschool and Kindergarten | PreK-K | 12 | 2 |
| Cumming Tamil School | PreK-9 | 375 | 3 |
| Learnwell Collective ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| McGinnis Woods Country Day School | PreK-8 | 188 | 4 |
| Montessori at Vickery | PreK-3 | 59 | 4 |
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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