Valorous Academy, Little River SC: PreK-12, Accepts ESTF

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 138
Students per teacher: 8.7
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Myrtle Beach center: 14.1 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: 19
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 49% boys, 51% girls
Setting: City

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: Kindergarten (19)
Smallest grade: Grade 12 (1)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades
High school grades: Average 4; lower grades 13
Ungraded classes: 2 students

The school year

Days in the school year: 177
Length of the school day: 6 hours 40 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,180
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: No
Year, against South Carolina: 3 days shorter than the 180-day median of 271 schools we list
School day, against South Carolina: 20 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours (274 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 8.7 here; median 9.5 at 136 SC combined schools
Size in Horry County: Larger than 7 of 11 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.

Valorous 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 Valorous 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
Holy Trinity Catholic School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
North Myrtle Beach Christian School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
Risen Christ Christian Academy	PreK-12	103	11.4	Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)	4
Mindful Journey Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				10
Myrtle Beach Seventh-Day Adventist Christian School ✓	K-10	36	8.8	Seventh-Day Adventist	12
St. Andrew Catholic School ✓	K-8	197	9.8	Roman Catholic	13
Thrive Coastal Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				13
Chabad Jewish Academy	K-8	75	8.4	Jewish	13

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