The Kings Daughters School
412 W 9th St., Columbia, TN 38401Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- Ungraded
- Students (K-12)
- 74
- Students per teacher
- 10.6
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Columbia center
- Under 1 mile
Can you use EFS here?
Not on the EFS list we read
- About the list
- How the EFS list works
- 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: EFS official source, dated August 24, 2026.
School facts
- Teachers
- 7
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Special education
- Boys and girls
- 69% boys, 31% girls
- Setting
- Town
- Member of
- National Association of Private Special Education Centers
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved by the Tennessee Department of Education (Category I), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 2026. This is state approval, not accreditation.
- 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
- 110 to 74, down 36 (33%)
- Path
- Held at 110 to 2021-22, then fell
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 243
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,580
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 63 days longer than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.6 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Maury County
- Larger than 3 of 7 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 Kings Daughters School tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $8,387 to $11,910 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Academy | $10,470 to $11,910 | 2026-27 | 1.0 |
| Agathos Classical School | $8,387 to $9,732 | 2026-27 | 1.7 |
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 Kings Daughters School-Cfa Campus | 3-12 | 23 | <1 |
| Columbia Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,003 | <1 |
| Agathos Classical School | PreK-12 | 313 | 2 |
| Zion Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 467 | 6 |
| Spring Hill Christian Academy | K-6 | 34 | 8 |
| Cornerstone School Tennessee Childrens Home | 8-12 | 28 | 11 |
| Columbia Academy at Spring Hill | PreK-6 | 158 | 11 |
| Primrose School of Spring Hill ✓ | PreK-K | 24 | 13 |
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