The Donoho School Tuition 2026-27: $9,300 to $11,450

Tuition, 2026-27: From $9,300
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 353
Students per teacher: 13.6
Affiliation: Nonsectarian
From Anniston center: 1.7 miles

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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

Tuition: $9,300 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $7,000
Left to pay: about $2,300, before fees

Award $7,000 Left to pay $2,300

Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 5, 2026.
Award: Alabama Department of Revenue, the CHOOSE Act, read October 9, 2026.
Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers

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School facts

Teachers: 26
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 49% boys, 51% girls
Go on to a 4-year college: 100%
Setting: City

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: 318 to 353, up 35 (11%)
Path: Dipped to 309 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level

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

Largest grade: Kindergarten and grade 1 (33 each)
Smallest grade: Grade 6 (12)
Average a grade, high school included: About 27

The school year

Days in the school year: 173
Length of the school day: 7 hours 40 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,330
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: No
Year, against Alabama: 7 days shorter than the 180-day median of 255 schools we list
School day, against Alabama: 40 minutes longer than 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.

The Donoho School tuition, and what CHOOSE Act pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: $9,300
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27: $11,450

Tuition: kindergarten $9,300, grades 4 to 6 $10,325, grades 7 and 8 $11,100, grades 9 to 12 $11,450; a $550 deposit is added to each, plus a $375 family security fee and a $300 yearly technology fee.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from The Donoho School's website, checked October 5, 2026.

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 The Donoho School?

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

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 CHOOSE Act award for that grade band.
Change them for your child’s grade.

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Faith Christian School ✓	PreK-12	248	13.2	Presbyterian	1
Iqra Math and Science Academy ✓	K-12	87	5.8	Islamic	2
Sharp Dean School of Continuing Studies	K-12	62	not reported	Nonsectarian	2
Hope Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				4
Trinity Christian Academy ✓	PreK-12	188	11.8	Baptist	6
Jacksonville Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				10

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