The Garden School
4010 Canton Rd Ste 120, Marietta, GA 30066Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-6
- Students (K-12)
- 80
- Students per teacher
- 5.5
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Marietta center
- 6.5 miles
Can you use Promise Scholarship here?
Not on the Promise Scholarship list we read
- About the list
- How the Promise Scholarship list works
- 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: Promise Scholarship official source, dated April 23, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 16
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Special program emphasis
- Boys and girls
- 49% boys, 51% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- Association of Waldorf Schools of North America
- 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
- 48 to 80, up 32 (67%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (50 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (23)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 4 (5)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 169
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 10 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,210
- Kindergarten
- Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Georgia
- 11 days shorter than the 180-day median of 575 schools we list
- School day, against Georgia
- 10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (583 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 5.5 here; median 8 at 184 GA elementary schools
- Size in Cobb County
- Larger than 18 of 38 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 Garden School tuition, and what Promise Scholarship pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 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
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montessori School of Woodstock | Ungraded | 70 | <1 |
| Gracepoint School | 1-8 | 134 | 2 |
| C.O.R.E. Community School | 5-12 | 68 | 3 |
| Primrose School of Sprayberry | PreK-K | 16 | 3 |
| St. John the Baptist Hybrid School | PreK-12 | 98 | 3 |
| Mt. Bethel Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 659 | 4 |
| Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Chesterton Academy of Atlanta ✓ | 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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