Zion Christian Academy
6901 Old Zion Rd, Columbia, TN 38401Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 467
- Students per teacher
- 12.5
- Affiliation
- Presbyterian
- From Columbia center
- 6.1 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. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 42
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 49% boys, 51% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 85%
- Setting
- Rural
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- Accreditation, state list
- Accredited by Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and Cognia (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
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 382 to 467, up 85 (22%)
- Path
- Dipped to 381 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 9 (47)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 4 (25)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 36
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,250
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Tennessee
- 8 days shorter than the 180-day median of 372 schools we list
- School day, against Tennessee
- 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (373 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 12.5 here; median 8.8 at 171 TN combined schools
- Size in Maury County
- Larger than 6 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.
Zion Christian Academy tuition, and what EFS pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 2026)
- 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
What would you pay at Zion Christian Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees EFS pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Ask the school
- Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Scholarship for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Academy | $10,470 to $11,910 | 2026-27 | 5.1 |
| Agathos Classical School | $8,387 to $9,732 | 2026-27 | 7.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 1,003 | 5 |
| The Kings Daughters School-Cfa Campus | 3-12 | 23 | 5 |
| The Kings Daughters School | Ungraded | 74 | 6 |
| Agathos Classical School | PreK-12 | 313 | 8 |
| Spring Hill Christian Academy | K-6 | 34 | 13 |
| The Farm School | 1-12 | 41 | 13 |
| Cornerstone School Tennessee Childrens Home | 8-12 | 28 | 15 |
| Columbia Academy at Spring Hill | PreK-6 | 158 | 15 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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