Tennessee Preparatory Academy
PO Box 4491, Cordova, TN 38088Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 10-12
- Students (K-12)
- 18
- Students per teacher
- 5.1
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Cordova center
- 10.3 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
- 6
- Student body
- All-boys
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 50%
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved in Tennessee through membership in Tennessee Association of Non-Public Academic Schools (TANAS) (Category IV, the church-related school category), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is 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
- 10 to 18, up 8
- Path
- Peaked at 24 in 2021-22
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 12 (7)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 10 (1)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- Ungraded classes
- 7 students
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,170
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 5.1 here; median 8.3 at 25 TN secondary schools
- Size in Shelby County
- Larger than 4 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.
Tennessee Preparatory Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $14,500 to $23,970 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Tennessee Preparatory Academy?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Collegiate School of Memphis | $14,500 to $14,650 | not stated | 1.0 |
| Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School | $20,855 to $23,970 | 2026-27 | 2.4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binghampton Christian Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| The Collegiate School of Memphis ✓ | 6-12 | 361 | 1 |
| Brinkley Heights Urban Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 114 | 1 |
| The Lab School of Memphis ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School ✓ | PreK-8 | 306 | 2 |
| Midtown Montessori School | PreK-6 | 25 | 3 |
| Presbyterian Day School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Pure Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
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