✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust FundGrades PreK-12199 students9.2 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed40% to 4-year college
Private schools in Orangeburg, SC
8 schools in Orangeburg itself and 1 more within 12 miles. 3 of them are on the state’s ESTF list. ESTF pays $7,634 per student for 2026-27.
Order: schools on the official ESTF list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Orangeburg (8)
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Orangeburg Prep
4 mi✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund
Grades PreK-1238 students38 students per teacherMethodistCo-ed25% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-1238 students6.3 students per teacherMethodistCo-ed50% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-KBaptistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-KMethodistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-12459 students10.5 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed79% to 4-year college
Nearby, within 12 miles (1)
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✓ South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund
Orangeburg private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Wesley Christian School, 1.1 mi
- Students
- about 734 in all; the typical school has 199
- Smallest and largest
- First Southern Methodist Church & Wesley Christian School, 38 students; Orangeburg Preparatory School, 459 students
- Students per teacher
- 9.2 typical, 3.2 to 38 across 5 schools
- Association members
- 3, most often the American Association of Christian Schools
- To a 4-year college
- 50% of graduates at the typical high school (4 reporting)
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 3, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in Orangeburg
- Christian, not Catholic5
- Nonsectarian1
- Not in federal survey3
In OrangeburgWithin 12 mi
- Pre-K (and up)6
- Elementary (K to 5)6
- Middle (6 to 8)4
- High school (9 to 12)4
- K to 12, one school4
In OrangeburgWithin 12 mi
- Orangeburg area33%
- All of South Carolina54%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund schools, list dated September 28, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund, official page, read October 7, 2026.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
What South Carolina pays
- Program
- South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund, education savings account
- Award
- $7,634 per student for 2026-27
- Also
- Paid quarterly.
Keep looking
- Christian schools in and around Orangeburg (5)
- Private high schools in and around Orangeburg (4)
- Private elementary schools in and around Orangeburg (6)
- All schools in Orangeburg County
- All schools in Calhoun County
- Private schools in Blackville (27 mi)
- Private schools in West Columbia (37 mi)
- Private schools in Columbia (38 mi)
- Private schools in Lexington (40 mi)
- Private schools in Sumter (41 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All South Carolina Education Scholarship Trust Fund schools
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