St. Mary's Episcopal School
60 Perkins Ext, Memphis, TN 38117Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $21,500
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 749
- Students per teacher
- 8
- Affiliation
- Episcopal
- From Memphis center
- 3.7 miles
Can you use EFS here?
✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- For 2026-27, renewals opened December 9, 2025 and new applications opened January 13, 2026. The window closed February 6, 2026 at 4 p.m. Central, the department’s applications page and its February 20, 2026 announcement say; its 2026-27 FAQ, dated December 22, 2025 and not updated since, still gives January 30, 2026. Dates for 2027-28 are not posted yet.
Source: the official list, dated August 24, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Tuition
- $21,500 (K to 5, 2026-27)
- Award
- about $7,530
- Left to pay
- about $13,970, before fees
Award $7,530 Left to pay $13,970
- Tuition: the school’s tuition sheet, checked October 5, 2026.
- Award: Tennessee Department of Education, Education Freedom Scholarships, read October 9, 2026.
- Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers
School facts
- Teachers
- 97
- Student body
- All-girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 100%
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- National Association of Episcopal Schools
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS) (Tennessee Category III), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026.
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 1,259 to 749, down 510 (41%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 9 (76)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 3 (33)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 74; lower grades 45
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 170
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 25 minutes
- 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 Tennessee
- 10 days shorter than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 25 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Shelby County
- Larger than 44 of 47 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. Mary's Episcopal School tuition, and what EFS pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $21,500
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $28,400
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $28,800
- By grade
- Rates vary within these bands (details below)
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from St. Mary's Episcopal School's tuition sheet, checked October 5, 2026.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at St. Mary's Episcopal School?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
- Award filled in: the 2026-27 EFS award for that grade band.
- Change them for your child’s grade.
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- Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School ✓ | PreK-12 | 675 | <1 |
| Concord Academy ✓ | 6-12 | 65 | <1 |
| Memphis Junior Academy ✓ | PreK-10 | 81 | <1 |
| Christ Methodist Day School ✓ | PreK-6 | 362 | <1 |
| St. Louis Catholic School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| Presbyterian Day School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| Margolin Hebrew Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 198 | 1 |
| Holy Rosary Catholic School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
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