Priest Lake Christian Academy
3325 Anderson Rd, Antioch, TN 37013Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-4
- Students (K-12)
- 16
- Students per teacher
- 8
- Affiliation
- Baptist
- From Antioch center
- 2.1 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
- 2
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 50% boys, 50% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- American Association of Christian Schools
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee through membership in Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) (Category IV, the church-related school category), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is approval, not accreditation.
- 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
- 24 to 16, down 8 (33%)
- Path
- Dipped to 12 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 1 (6)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 3 (2)
- 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 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 Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8 here; median 8.8 at 114 TN elementary schools
- Size in Davidson County
- Larger than 3 of 49 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.
- 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.
Priest Lake Christian Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezell-Harding Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 484 | 2 |
| Lighthouse Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 293 | 4 |
| King’s Academy Nashville ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 6 | |
| Kings Academy | PreK-6 | 159 | 6 |
| Music City Montessori ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 7 | |
| St. Clement Coptic Orthodox Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-8 | 116 | 7 |
| Holy Rosary Academy ✓ | PreK-8 | 296 | 7 |
| Donelson Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 765 | 7 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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