St. James Catholic School
700 Albert Rains Blvd, Gadsden, AL 35901Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 118
- Students per teacher
- 10.9
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Gadsden center
- 1.9 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
- 12
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Birmingham, AL
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- Accreditation, state list
- Marked accredited, per the Alabama Department of Revenue list of non-public schools participating in the Alabama Educational Scholarship Program, as of August 10, 2026. The list does not name the accrediting agency.
- 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
- 116 to 118, up 2 (2%)
- Path
- Dipped to 107 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten and grade 8 (16 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 and grade 7 (10 each)
- Average a grade
- About 13
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 20 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,320
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Alabama
- Same as the median of the 255 private schools we list
- School day, against Alabama
- 20 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.9 here; median 8 at 67 AL elementary schools
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. James Catholic 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 St. James Catholic School?
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holy Comforter Episcopal Day School | PreK-11 | 25 | 2 |
| Coosa Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 276 | 4 |
| FBC Glencoe Weekday | PreK-5 | 13 | 6 |
| Westbrook Christian School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 6 | |
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