Valley Christian Academy
482 County Road 725, Riceville, TN 37370Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-10
- Students (K-12)
- 108
- Students per teacher
- 8.9
- Affiliation
- Baptist
- From Athens center
- 7.7 miles
Can you use EFS here?
✓ On the official Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship list
- State list
- Includes this school
- 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: the official list, dated August 24, 2026.
What you would pay here
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 14
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 47% boys, 53% girls
- Setting
- Rural
- Member of
- American Association of Christian Schools
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Cognia and Tennessee Association of Christian Schools (TACS) (Tennessee Categories II and III), per the Tennessee Department of Education approved list of non-public schools, updated September 10, 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
Enrollment over time
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 62 to 108, up 46 (74%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 3 (14)
- Smallest grade
- Transitional kindergarten (2)
- Average a grade
- About 9
- High school grades
- Average 5; lower grades 10
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,440
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- Same as the median of the 372 private schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 60 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 8.9 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined 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.
Valley Christian Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay at Valley Christian Academy?
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Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Christian School | K-12 | 28 | 4 |
| Christ's Legacy Academy ✓ | K-12 | 114 | 6 |
| Lighthouse Christian Academy | 5-7 | 4 | 8 |
| Antioch Christian Academy | K-12 | 70 | 9 |
| Fairview Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 94 | 9 |
| Candies Creek Academy | PreK-10 | 80 | 12 |
| Ludic Spectrum Center | Ungraded | 18 | 13 |
| Faith Haven Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-5 | 47 | 13 |
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