✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades K-12114 students5.5 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed40% to 4-year college
Private schools in Athens, TN
4 schools in Athens itself and 1 more within 12 miles. 3 of them are on the state’s EFS list. EFS pays $7,530 per student for 2026-27.
Order: schools on the official EFS list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Athens (4)
No matching schools.
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-1294 students10.3 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed40% to 4-year college
Grades K-1228 students7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed50% to 4-year college
Grades K-1270 students11.7 students per teacherPentecostalCo-ed50% to 4-year college
Nearby, within 12 miles (1)
No matching schools.
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-10108 students8.9 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed
Athens private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Christ's Legacy Academy, 1.9 mi
- Students
- about 414 in all; the typical school has 94
- Smallest and largest
- Liberty Christian School, 28 students; Christ's Legacy Academy, 114 students
- Students per teacher
- 8.9 typical, 5.5 to 11.7 across 5 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- 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)
In AthensWithin 12 mi
- Pre-K (and up)2
- Elementary (K to 5)5
- Middle (6 to 8)5
- High school (9 to 12)5
- K to 12, one school4
In AthensWithin 12 mi
- Under 501
- 50 to 1494
- Athens area60%
- All of Tennessee57%
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: Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarships schools, list dated August 24, 2026, checked November 4, 2026.
- Award and rules: Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarships, official page, read October 2, 2026.
What Tennessee pays
- Program
- Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarships, scholarship
- Award
- $7,530 per student for 2026-27
Keep looking
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