Sumiton Christian School, Sumiton AL: Accepts CHOOSE Act

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 321
Students per teacher: 13.6
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Gardendale center: 14.6 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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

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School facts

Teachers: 24
Student body: Coeducational
Go on to a 4-year college: 50%
Setting: Rural

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: 299 to 321, up 22 (7%)
Path: Grew in each survey (318 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 11 (41)
Smallest grade: Grade 1 and grade 2 (17 each)
Across the grades: Classes fill up toward the upper grades
Average a grade, high school included: About 25

The school year

Days in the school year: 175
Length of the school day: 7 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,230
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Alabama: 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
School day, against Alabama: About the median of 7 hours (257 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 13.6 here; median 10 at 139 AL combined 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.

Sumiton Christian School tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website

AL

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 Sumiton Christian School?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms CHOOSE Act award Children

Ask the school: Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes CHOOSE Act for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Dora First Baptist Kindergarten	K	17	17	Baptist	2
Imago Dei Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				11
Tabernacle Christian School ✓	PreK-12	276	11.1	Baptist	14
Gardendale Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				14

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