South Merrimack Christian Academy
517 Boston Post Rd, Merrimack, NH 03054Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 238
- Students per teacher
- 7.8
- Affiliation
- Baptist
- From Nashua center
- 5.1 miles
Can you use EFA here?
New Hampshire publishes no school list
- About the list
- How the EFA list works
- Applying
- Applications stay open through the program administrator, but new applicants without priority go to the waitlist.
Source: EFA 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
- 39
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 80%
- 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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On its website
- Rolling admissions: smcanh.org/general-admissions, read October 14, 2026.
- Programs it says it accepts: Education Freedom Account (EFA): smcanh.org/general-admissions, read October 14, 2026.
- What South Merrimack Christian Academy says on smcanh.org, read October 14, 2026.
- A program it says it accepts is its own statement, not the official list.
Students and school year
Enrollment over time
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 141 to 238, up 97 (69%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (195 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 2 (23)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 (12)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 18
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 178
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,250
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against New Hampshire
- 2 days shorter than the 180-day median of 123 schools we list
- School day, against New Hampshire
- 20 minutes longer than the median of 6 hours 40 minutes (125 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.8 here; median 6.3 at 35 NH combined schools
- Size in Hillsborough
- Larger than 21 of 25 other 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 Merrimack Christian Academy tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
New Hampshire Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account
- Award
- About $4,800 on average for 2026-27, NHPR reported (August 14, 2026)
- How it varies
- The amount varies by student. Extra funding applies for special education, English learners and lower-income students. We could not confirm the exact 2026-27 figures.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Harkness House | 6-9 | 9 | 3 |
| Granite Start Early Learning Center | PreK-K | 6 | 3 |
| Country Village Montessori School | PreK-5 | 23 | 3 |
| Hollis Montessori School | PreK-8 | 88 | 3 |
| Kindercare Learning Center | PreK-Transitional K | 12 | 4 |
| Creative Years Child Development & Learning Ctr | PreK-K | 12 | 4 |
| Nashua Childrens Home Educational Program | Ungraded | 10 | 4 |
| Heritage Baptist Academy | Transitional K-12 | 27 | 6 |
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