River of Life Christian School
800 17th Ave N, Payette, ID 83661Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 38
- Students per teacher
- 7.6
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
Can you use PCTC here?
Idaho publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the PCTC list works
- Applying
- The next window is January 15 to March 15, 2027.
Source: PCTC official source.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 5
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 66% boys, 34% girls
- Setting
- Town
- 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
- 53 to 38, down 15 (28%)
- Path
- Peaked at 54 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (7)
- Smallest grade
- 3 grades (1 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 2; lower grades 3
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 130
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 980
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 4 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Idaho
- 41 days shorter than the 171-day median of 113 schools we list
- School day, against Idaho
- 45 minutes longer than the median of 6 hours 45 minutes (112 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.6 here; median 9.6 at 34 ID 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 of Life Christian School tuition, and what PCTC pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Idaho Parental Choice Tax Credit Refundable tax credit
- Award
- Up to $5,000 per student
- How it varies
- Up to $7,500 for a student with a qualifying disability. It follows the tax year, so 2026 expenses are claimed in early 2027.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at River of Life Christian School?
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Treasure Valley Seventh-Day Adventist School | 1-8 | 12 | 1 |
| True Vine Christian School | K-10 | 10 | 11 |
| Calvary Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 123 | 25 |
| Cherry Gulch | 6-9 | 29 | 27 |
| Greenleaf Friends Academy | K-12 | 228 | 30 |
| Caldwell Adventist Elementary | PreK-8 | 52 | 33 |
| Centennial Baptist School | PreK-12 | not reported | 35 |
| Little Miracles | PreK-K | 10 | 35 |
Private schools
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