The Friends School of Atlanta
862 Columbia Dr, Decatur, GA 30030Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 152
- Students per teacher
- 3.9
- Affiliation
- Friends
- From Decatur center
- 1.3 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
- 39
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 50% boys, 50% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Cognia/AdvancED, per the Georgia Promise Scholarship participating private schools list for 2026-27, approved as of April 23, 2026.
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 8 (27)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 2 and grade 4 (11 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 174
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,220
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Georgia
- 6 days shorter than the 180-day median of 575 schools we list
- School day, against Georgia
- About the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 3.9 here; median 8 at 184 GA elementary schools
- Size in Dekalb County
- Larger than 40 of 51 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
The Friends School of Atlanta tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $15,700 to $25,029 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
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 Friends School of Atlanta?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees Promise Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Promise Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academe of the Oaks | $25,029 | 2026-27 | 0.8 |
| St. Thomas More Catholic School | $15,700 | 2026-27 | 1.8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Waldorf School of Atlanta ✓ | PreK-8 | 192 | <1 |
| Academe of the Oaks ✓ | 9-12 | 80 | <1 |
| The Hirsch Academy | K-8 | 23 | <1 |
| Global Village Project | 6-8 | 39 | 1 |
| Decatur Presbyterian Children's Community | PreK-K | 12 | 1 |
| Threshold Community Program | 8-12 | 14 | 2 |
| The Ferguson School ✓ | K-3 | 12 | 2 |
| St. Thomas More Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 430 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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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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