South Aiken Baptist Christian School, Aiken SC Tuition

Tuition: On the school’s website
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 249
Students per teacher: 8.1
Affiliation: Baptist
From Aiken center: 1.0 miles

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Can you use ESTF here?

Not on the ESTF list we read

About the list: How the ESTF list works
Applying: Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.

Source: ESTF official source, dated September 28, 2026.

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School facts

Teachers: 35
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 51% boys, 49% girls
Go on to a 4-year college: 100%
Setting: Suburb

Member of: American Association of Christian Schools

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: 200 to 249, up 49 (25%)

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

Largest grade: Kindergarten and grade 3 (32 each)
Smallest grade: 3 grades (11 each)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades
High school grades: Average 12; lower grades 22

The school year

Days in the school year: 176
Length of the school day: 7 hours 20 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,290
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person, virtual and hybrid
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against South Carolina: 4 days shorter than the 180-day median of 271 schools we list
School day, against South Carolina: 20 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 8.1 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools
Size in Aiken County: Largest of the 10 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.

South Aiken Baptist Christian School tuition, and what ESTF pays

Published tuition: On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)

SC

South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account

Award: $7,634 per student for 2026-27
How it varies: Paid quarterly.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Town Creek Christian Academy	PreK-12	105	10.5	Christian (nondenominational)	<1
South Aiken Presbyterian Kindergarten	PreK-K	8	7.3	Presbyterian	<1
St. Mary Help of Christians Catholic School	K-8	217	10.5	Roman Catholic	3
Aiken's First Baptist Church Preschool	PreK-K	14	7	Baptist	3
St. John's Methodist Kindergarten	PreK-K	16	7	Methodist	3
First Presbyterian Church Preschool	PreK-K	12	5.7	Presbyterian	3
Mead Hall Episcopal School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
Second Baptist Christian Preparatory School	PreK-5	23	2.3	Baptist	4

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South Aiken Baptist Christian School

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