Thomas Hart Academy, Hartsville SC: PreK-8, Accepts ESTF

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 101
Students per teacher: 5.3
Affiliation: Nonsectarian
From Hartsville center: 3.8 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use ESTF here?

✓ On the official South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: Closed for 2026-27. For 2027-28, renewals and siblings of current students apply first (that window opens November 1), new priority applicants follow from January 15, and other eligible students after that. Join the waitlist to hear the exact dates.

Source: the official list, dated September 28, 2026.

What you would pay here

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

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School facts

Teachers: 22
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 45% boys, 55% girls
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: 140 to 101, down 39 (28%)
Path: Fell in each survey (109 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 5 (19)
Smallest grade: Grade 7 (5)
Average a grade: About 11

The school year

Days in the school year: 175
Length of the school day: 6 hours 30 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,140
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person and hybrid
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against South Carolina: 5 days shorter than the 180-day median of 271 schools we list
School day, against South Carolina: 30 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 5.3 here; median 8.3 at 69 SC elementary schools

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.

Thomas Hart Academy tuition, and what ESTF pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website

SC

South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund Education savings account

Award: $7,634 per student for 2026-27
How it varies: Paid quarterly.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 7, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Thomas Hart Academy?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms ESTF award Children

Ask the school: Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Scholarship Trust Fund for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Lol STEAM School of the Arts ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
FPC Early Childhood Education Program	PreK-K	8	8	Presbyterian	4
First Baptist	PreK-K	13	13	Other religious	4
Kelleytown Baptist Kindergarten	PreK-K	13	13	Baptist	6
Trinity Collegiate School	6-12	377	8.1	Christian (nondenominational)	9
Lee Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				12
Heritage Classical Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				14
H B Peoples Learning Center	Not in the federal survey				15

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