River Academy
404 Holston Dr, Greeneville, TN 37743From the 2023-24 federal survey, published July 2026
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 5-12
- Students (K-12)
- 54
- Students per teacher
- 8.6
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Greeneville center
- 1.8 miles
Can you use EFS here?
Not on the EFS list we read
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- 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
- 8
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 67% boys, 33% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 0%
- Setting
- Town
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved by the Tennessee Department of Education (Category I-SP), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is state 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
- 58 to 54, down 4 (7%)
- Path
- Dipped to 41 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 10 (15)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 and grade 6 (1 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 11; lower grades 3
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 206
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,440
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 26 days longer than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- About the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.6 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.
River 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greeneville Adventist Academy | Transitional K-12 | 100 | <1 |
| Towering Oaks Christian School | K-12 | 191 | 3 |
| Stokes Academy | 5-12 | 36 | 8 |
| Steppen Stone Academy | 8-12 | 34 | 14 |
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