Steppen Stone Academy
110 Steppenstone Blvd, Limestone, TN 37681Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 8-12
- Students (K-12)
- 34
- Students per teacher
- 17
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Greeneville center
- 12.2 miles
Can you use EFS here?
Not on the EFS list we read
- About the list
- How the EFS list works
- 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: EFS official source, dated August 24, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 2
- Student body
- All-boys
- Program
- Alternative
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 0%
- Setting
- Rural
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved by the Tennessee Department of Education (Category I-SP), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is state approval, not accreditation.
- 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
- 30 to 34, up 4 (13%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (32 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 11 (12)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 and grade 12 (3 each)
- Average a grade
- About 7
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 241
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,930
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 61 days longer than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 60 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 17 here; median 8.3 at 25 TN secondary 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.
Steppen Stone Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Towering Oaks Christian School | K-12 | 191 | 11 |
| Providence Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 728 | 12 |
| Living Springs Christian Academy ✓ | K-8 | 29 | 13 |
| Greeneville Adventist Academy | Transitional K-12 | 100 | 14 |
| River Academy | 5-12 | 54 | 14 |
| Jeremiah School | 9-11 | 33 | 14 |
| Stokes Academy | 5-12 | 36 | 15 |
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