The Forest School: An Acton Academy
461 Sandy Creek Rd, Fayetteville, GA 30214Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 141
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Fayetteville center
- 2.8 miles
Can you use Promise Scholarship here?
✓ On the official Georgia Promise Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- Applying
- The last 2026-27 window is November 1 to 30, 2026. It is open only to families at or below 400% of the poverty level, and awards from it pay for spring 2027 only. The 2027 calendar is due by December 15, 2026.
Source: the official list, dated April 23, 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
- 2
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Alternative
- Boys and girls
- 44% boys, 56% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 0%
- Setting
- Rural
- 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
- 51 to 141, up 90 (176%)
- Path
- Peaked at 148 in 2021-22
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 6 (14)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 (7)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 11
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,310
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Georgia
- Same as the median of the 575 private schools we list
- School day, against Georgia
- 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Size in Fayette County
- Larger than 13 of 14 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.
The Forest School: An Acton Academy tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
Georgia Promise Scholarship Education savings account
- Award
- Up to $6,500 per student
- How it varies
- Paid in four quarterly installments.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at The Forest School: An Acton Academy?
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Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis Preparatory Academy | PreK-11 | 27 | 2 |
| Genesis Learning Services | PreK-11 | 33 | 2 |
| The Joseph Sams School | Ungraded | 71 | 2 |
| New Generation Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Crossroads Christian School ✓ | K-8 | 52 | 3 |
| Growing Minds Christian Academy | 1-5 | 19 | 3 |
| The Foundry ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Crescent Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
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Next Promise Scholarship date: Open now, until November 30, 2026 (Last 2026-27 application window (400% of poverty or less; funds spring 2027)).
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