Scholze Adolescent Center
911 Pineville Rd, Chattanooga, TN 37405Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 8-12
- Students (K-12)
- 14
- Students per teacher
- 14
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Chattanooga center
- 4.7 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
- 1
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Alternative
- Boys and girls
- 64% boys, 36% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 100%
- Setting
- City
- 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
- 36 to 14, down 22 (61%)
- Path
- Dipped to 6 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 11 (5)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 and grade 9 (1 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- Ungraded classes
- 1 student
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 220
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,320
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Tennessee
- 40 days longer than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 60 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 14 here; median 8.3 at 25 TN secondary schools
- Size in Hamilton County
- Smallest of the 29 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.
Scholze Adolescent Center tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $13,650 to $36,440 a year, published by 4 private schools nearby. School by school
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Scholze Adolescent Center?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it takes Education Freedom Scholarship; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor School | $34,875 | 2026-27 | 1.3 |
| Girls Preparatory School | $35,350 to $36,440 | 2026-27 | 1.9 |
| The Bright School | $20,000 | 2026-27 | 2.6 |
| Chattanooga Christian School | $13,650 to $18,350 | 2026-27 | 3.9 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor School ✓ | 6-12 | 1,078 | 1 |
| Girls Preparatory School ✓ | 6-12 | 516 | 2 |
| The Bright School ✓ | PreK-5 | 278 | 3 |
| Montessori School ✓ | PreK-6 | 90 | 3 |
| Foundations Academy | K-2 | 37 | 4 |
| Avondale Seventh Day Adventist School ✓ | K-8 | 51 | 4 |
| Chattanooga Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,400 | 4 |
| Point Christian Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
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