Thales Academy Apex K-5
1177 Ambergate Sta, Apex, NC 27502Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- K-5
- Students (K-12)
- 550
- Students per teacher
- 19.9
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Apex center
- 2.1 miles
Can you use Opportunity Scholarship here?
✓ On the official North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The 2026-27 priority window ran February 2 to March 2, 2026. Expect early February again.
Source: the official list, read October 26, 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
- 28
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 524 to 550, up 26 (5%)
- Path
- Peaked at 560 in 2021-22
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 3 and grade 4 (104 each)
- Smallest grade
- Kindergarten (72)
- Average a grade
- About 92
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against North Carolina
- Same as the median of the 555 private schools we list
- School day, against North Carolina
- About the median of 7 hours (564 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 19.9 here; median 8.8 at 175 NC elementary schools
- Size in Wake County
- Larger than 46 of 58 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.
Thales Academy Apex K-5 tuition, and what Opportunity Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Scholarship
- Award
- $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income
- How it varies
- Four income tiers. A family of four earning up to $61,050 gets the top amount. Students with disabilities can also use ESA+.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Thales Academy Apex K-5?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Opportunity Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Opportunity Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thales Academy Apex JH/HS ✓ | 6-12 | 653 | <1 |
| Montessori Creative Learning School | PreK-K | 4 | 1 |
| St. Andrews Early Childhood Center | PreK-Transitional K | 16 | 1 |
| Peace Montessori School | PreK-2 | 9 | 1 |
| St. Mary Magdalene Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 543 | 2 |
| The Grove School of Cary | Transitional K | 11 | 2 |
| Mariposa School ✓ | 4-12 | 14 | 2 |
| Chesterbrook Academy-Preschool and Elementary ✓ | PreK-8 | 193 | 3 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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