Rhea County Academy
PO Box 925, Dayton, TN 37321Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-12
- Students (K-12)
- 156
- Students per teacher
- 10.5
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Cleveland center
- 23.0 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
- 16
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 45% boys, 55% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 38%
- Setting
- Town
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee through membership in Tennessee Association of Non-Public Academic Schools (TANAS) (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
- 127 to 156, up 29 (23%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (135 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- 3 grades (14 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (5)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 12
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- 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
- About the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.5 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN 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.
Rhea County Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurelbrook Academy | 3-12 | 34 | 5 |
| Candies Creek Academy | PreK-10 | 80 | 18 |
| Liberty Christian School | K-12 | 28 | 21 |
| Lighthouse Christian Academy | 5-7 | 4 | 21 |
| Valley Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-10 | 108 | 21 |
| Faith Haven Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-5 | 47 | 22 |
| The Montessori School of Cleveland | PreK-8 | 50 | 22 |
| Ludic Spectrum Center | Ungraded | 18 | 22 |
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