Pungo Christian Academy Tuition 2026-27: $8,000

Tuition, 2026-27: $8,000
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 246
Students per teacher: 11
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)

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Can you use Opportunity Scholarship here?

✓ On the official North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: The 2026-27 priority window ran February 2 to March 2, 2026. Expect early February again.

Source: the official list, read October 26, 2026.

What you would pay here

Tuition: $8,000 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $3,574 to $7,942
Left to pay: about $58 to $4,426, before fees
How the award is set: Four income tiers: the top figure is the lowest-income tier, the bottom figure the highest-income tier.

Award $3,574 to $7,942 Left to pay $58 to $4,426

Tuition: the school’s tuition sheet, checked October 6, 2026.
Award: NCSEAA, Opportunity Scholarship award tiers 2026-27, read October 9, 2026.
Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers

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School facts

Teachers: 26
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 48% boys, 52% girls
Go on to a 4-year college: 90%
Setting: Rural

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: 174 to 246, up 72 (41%)
Path: Peaked at 247 in 2021-22

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 12 (23)
Smallest grade: Grade 8 (13)
Average a grade, high school included: About 19

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 6 hours 10 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,110
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against North Carolina: Same as the median of the 555 private schools we list
School day, against North Carolina: 50 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 11 here; median 9.3 at 298 NC combined schools

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.

Pungo Christian Academy tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: $8,000
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: $8,000
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27: $8,000

K to 12 tuition without the Opportunity Scholarship is $8,000; scholarship recipients pay $58 to $4,426 by tier. Rates include books, accident insurance and FACTS; 5% off if paid annually by the first day of school.

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

Tuition from Pungo Christian Academy's tuition sheet, checked October 6, 2026.

North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Scholarship

Award: $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
How it varies: Four income tiers. A family of four earning up to $61,050 gets the top amount. Students with disabilities can also use ESA+.

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

What would you pay at Pungo Christian Academy?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms Opportunity Scholarship award (lowest) Children

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 Opportunity Scholarship award for that grade band (the lower end; yours may be higher).
Change them for your child’s grade.

Ask the school: Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; whether it still takes Opportunity Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Hope Mennonite School	2-10	18	9	Mennonite	7
Terra Ceia Christian School ✓	K-12	153	9.6	Christian (nondenominational)	8
Unity Christian Academy ✓	PreK-12	133	7	Church of Christ	26
Pamlico Christian Academy ✓	12	250	10.8	Christian (nondenominational)	30
Lawrence Academy ✓	PreK-12	253	12	Nonsectarian	33
Chowan Multi Purpose Jovenille School	8-11	8	8	Methodist	38
Bear Town Academy ✓	K-11	36	9.2	Nonsectarian	38
Swift Creek Mennonite School	K-8	33	8.2	Mennonite	39

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