St. Francis Catholic School
45 Beach City Rd, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 201
- Students per teacher
- 14.8
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Hilton Head Island center
- 2.7 miles
Can you use ESTF here?
✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list
- State list
- Includes this school
- 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: the official list, dated September 28, 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
- 14
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Charleston, SC
- Boys and girls
- 49% boys, 51% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 207 to 201, down 6 (3%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 3 and grade 5 (25 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (17)
- Average a grade
- About 22
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against South Carolina
- Same as the median of the 271 private schools we list
- School day, against South Carolina
- About the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 14.8 here; median 8.3 at 69 SC elementary schools
- Size in Beaufort County
- Larger than 8 of 12 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.
St. Francis Catholic School tuition, and what ESTF pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $15,250 to $27,950 a year, published by 3 private schools nearby. School by school
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
What would you pay at St. Francis Catholic School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees ESTF pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Head Christian Academy | $15,350 to $20,500 | 2026-27 | 0.7 |
| Hilton Head Preparatory School | $17,750 to $27,950 | 2026-27 | 7.2 |
| Cross Schools | $15,250 to $18,250 | 2026-27 | 11.8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilton Head Christian Academy | K-12 | 628 | <1 |
| Live Oak Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Heritage Academy | Not in the federal survey | 5 | |
| Sea Pines Montessori Academy | K-6 | 61 | 7 |
| Hilton Head Preparatory School ✓ | PreK-12 | 402 | 7 |
| May River Montessori School ✓ | PreK-9 | 74 | 9 |
| Daufuskie Island Independent School | 7-8 | 4 | 11 |
| Cross Schools ✓ | PreK-12 | 480 | 12 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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- Private schools with pre-K in South Carolina
- Private schools in Beaufort County
- South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund: amount and eligibility
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