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The Edison School

610 W Old Hickory Blvd, Madison, TN 37115Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)

Key facts

Grades
K-12
Students (K-12)
32
Students per teacher
3.3
Affiliation
Nonsectarian
From Madison center
1.0 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use EFS here?

✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
State list
Includes this school
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: the official list, dated August 24, 2026.

What you would pay here

Net cost
Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page

School facts

Teachers
10
Student body
Coeducational
Program
Special education
Boys and girls
72% boys, 28% girls
Setting
City
Accreditation, state list
Accredited by Cognia (Tennessee Category III), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026.

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

50 2021-22 32 2023-24
2021-22 to 2023-24
50 to 32, down 18 (36%)

Students by grade, 2023-24

4 K 3 1 1 2 3 3 3 4 2 5 1 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 7 10 1 11 1 12
Largest grade
Grade 10 (7)
Smallest grade
4 grades (1 each)
Average a grade, high school included
About 2

The school year

Days in the school year
179
Length of the school day
7 hours 15 minutes
Hours of school a year
about 1,300
Kindergarten
Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24
In person
Library or media center
No
Year, against Tennessee
1 day shorter than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
School day, against Tennessee
15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)

How it compares

This school 3.3 TN median 8.8
Students per teacher
This school 32 County median 159
Students vs county median
Students per teacher
3.3 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
Size in Davidson County
Larger than 11 of 49 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

White 81% Black 19%

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

The Edison School tuition, and what EFS pays

Published tuition
On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
Award
$7,530 per student for 2026-27

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at The Edison School?

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Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

SchoolGradesStudentsPer teacherAffiliationMiles
Goodpasture Christian School ✓PreK-128368.3Church of Christ1
St. Joseph School ✓PreK-82258Roman Catholic1
Madison Academy ✓9-12786.8Seventh-Day Adventist3
Madison Campus ElementaryPreK-817813.8Seventh-Day Adventist3
Lead Christian Academy ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey3
Davidson Academy ✓On the state list; not in the federal survey3
Jonathan Edwards Classical Academy ✓K-121597.9Christian (nondenominational)3
Family Christian AcademyK-11205Christian (nondenominational)3

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