Southminster Day School
1124 Montgomery Hwy, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 151
- Students per teacher
- 8.6
- Affiliation
- Presbyterian
- From Hoover center
- 4.3 miles
Can you use CHOOSE Act here?
✓ On the official Alabama CHOOSE Act list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The 2026-27 window closed March 31, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet; the 2026-27 portal for new families opened January 2, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated October 23, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 19
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 62% boys, 38% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 178 to 151, down 27 (15%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 5 (33)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 (20)
- Average a grade
- About 25
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 175
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,140
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Alabama
- 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.6 here; median 8 at 67 AL elementary schools
- Size in Jefferson County
- Larger than 30 of 43 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.
Southminster Day School tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Alabama CHOOSE Act Education savings account
- Award
- $7,000 per student at a participating school
- How it varies
- Homeschooled students get $2,000 each, up to $4,000 a family.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 1, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Southminster Day School?
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Tuition and fees CHOOSE Act pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montessori Kids Universe Homewood | K | 102 | 2 |
| John Carroll Catholic High School ✓ | 9-12 | 540 | 3 |
| Our Lady of Sorrows | PreK-8 | 343 | 3 |
| Creative Montessori School ✓ | PreK-8 | 133 | 3 |
| Gods House Kindergarten and Day Care | PreK-K | 16 | 3 |
| Maranathan Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Hoover Christian School ✓ | K-12 | 63 | 3 |
| Wonderstead ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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