Wayne Academy
942 Andrew Jackson Dr, Waynesboro, TN 38485Open, per Google (checked Oct 11, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 7-12
- Students (K-12)
- 72
- Students per teacher
- 9
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
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
- 8
- Student body
- All-boys
- Program
- Alternative
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 20%
- Setting
- Rural
- Accreditation, state list
- Approved by the Tennessee Department of Education (Category I-SP), 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
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 9 (21)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (4)
- Average a grade
- About 12
- High school grades
- Average 15; lower grades 6
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 226
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,580
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 46 days longer than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- About the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 9 here; median 8.3 at 25 TN secondary 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Wayne Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrenceburg Seventh-Day Adventist School ✓ | K-8 | 15 | 24 |
| North Amish School | 1-7 | 9 | 25 |
| Sacred Heart School ✓ | PreK-9 | 78 | 25 |
| Sheltering Tree Ranch ✓ | PreK-12 | 27 | 27 |
| The Farm School | 1-12 | 41 | 27 |
| Freedom Hill Christian School | K-12 | 21 | 28 |
| Souls Harbor Lighthouse Christian Academy | K-12 | 29 | 28 |
| Christ Life Academy ✓ | K-10 | 85 | 29 |
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