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Pope John Paul II Preparatory School

117 Caldwell Dr, Hendersonville, TN 37075Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Tuition, 2026-27
From $15,600
Grades
6-12
Students (K-12)
733
Students per teacher
12.6
Affiliation
Roman Catholic
From Hendersonville center
3.8 miles

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Can you use EFS here?

✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
State list
Includes this school
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: the official list, dated August 24, 2026.

What you would pay here

Tuition
$15,600 (grades 6 to 8, 2026-27)
Award
about $7,530
Left to pay
about $8,070, before fees

School facts

Teachers
65
Student body
Coeducational
Diocese
Diocese of Nashville, TN
Boys and girls
51% boys, 49% girls
Go on to a 4-year college
97%
Setting
Suburb
Member of
National Catholic Educational Association
Accreditation, state list
Accredited by CUA-Lumen (NCPSA) and Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) (Tennessee Category III), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026.

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

583 2019-20 753 2021-22 733 2023-24
2019-20 to 2023-24
583 to 733, up 150 (26%)
Path
Peaked at 753 in 2021-22

Students by grade, 2023-24

86 6 91 7 82 8 120 9 115 10 119 11 120 12
Largest grade
Grade 9 and grade 12 (120 each)
Smallest grade
Grade 8 (82)
Average a grade, high school included
About 105

The school year

Days in the school year
180
Length of the school day
7 hours 15 minutes
Hours of school a year
about 1,310
Classes, 2023-24
In person
Library or media center
No
Year, against Tennessee
Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
School day, against Tennessee
15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 12.6 TN median 8.8
Students per teacher
This school 733 County median 124
Students vs county median
Students per teacher
12.6 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
Size in Sumner County
Larger than 6 of 7 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

White 76% Black 8% Hispanic 6% Asian 6% Two or more races 4% American Indian under 1%

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

Pope John Paul II Preparatory School tuition, and what EFS pays

Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
$15,600
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
$21,000

Rates without the Catholic discount; contributing Catholic families pay $14,600 (middle) or $20,000 (high school). A $325 registration fee and a $725 annual fee are added.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from Pope John Paul II Preparatory School's website, checked October 5, 2026.

Award
$7,530 per student for 2026-27

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Pope John Paul II Preparatory School?

  • Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (grades 6 to 8, 2026-27).
  • Award filled in: the 2026-27 EFS award for that grade band.
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Other private schools nearby

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
Montessori Teacher Training Center for TN/NcmePreK-5178.5Nonsectarian2
Hendresonville Montessori AcademyPreK-7206.7Nonsectarian2
Metro Christian Academy ✓PreK-1223816.4Baptist2
Hendersonville Bible KindergartenPreK-K52.5Church of Christ2
Hendersonville Christian Academy ✓PreK-121698.4Baptist3
Lead Christian Academy ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey3
Family Christian AcademyK-11205Christian (nondenominational)3
Primrose School of Hendersonville ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey4

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