✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12158 students6.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed50% to 4-year college
Private schools in Cleveland, TN
10 schools in Cleveland itself and 3 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 Cleveland (10)
No matching schools.
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-547 students6.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
United Christian Academy
under 1 miGrades PreK-1237 students4.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed0% to 4-year college
Grades K-890 students10.5 students per teacherSeventh-Day AdventistCo-ed
Grades PreK-850 students5.6 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
Grades K-12102 students12.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed67% to 4-year college
Grades K-6Under 10 K-12 studentsNonsectarianAlternativeCo-ed
Grades 7-1115 students7.5 students per teacherNonsectarianAll-girls
Grades Ungraded18 students9 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades PreK-1273 students6.5 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed75% to 4-year college
Nearby, within 12 miles (3)
No matching schools.
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarship
Grades PreK-1080 students7.1 students per teacherBaptistSpecial program emphasisCo-ed
Grades 5-7Under 10 K-12 studentsChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Cleveland private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- United Christian Academy, under 1 mi
- Nearby schools by town
- Charleston (2)
- Students
- about 682 in all; the typical school has 73
- Smallest and largest
- Cleveland Academy, 15 students; Tennessee Christian Preparatory School, 158 students
- Students per teacher
- 7.1 typical, 2 to 12.6 across 12 schools
- Programs
- 1 Montessori, 1 special education
- Co-ed or single-sex
- 1 all-girls
- Association members
- 2, most often the American Association of Christian Schools
- To a 4-year college
- 67% of graduates at the typical high school (4 reporting)
- Christian, not Catholic8
- Nonsectarian4
- Not in federal survey1
In ClevelandWithin 12 mi
- Pre-K (and up)6
- Elementary (K to 5)10
- Middle (6 to 8)10
- High school (9 to 12)6
- K to 12, one school4
In ClevelandWithin 12 mi
- Under 504
- 50 to 1495
- 150 to 2991
- Cleveland area23%
- 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
- Christian schools in and around Cleveland (8)
- Private high schools in and around Cleveland (6)
- Private elementary schools in and around Cleveland (10)
- Private middle schools in and around Cleveland (10)
- Private schools with kindergarten in and around Cleveland (9)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Cleveland (6)
- All schools in Bradley County
- All schools in Hamilton County
- Private schools in Collegedale (13 mi)
- Private schools in Chattanooga (23 mi)
- Private schools in Athens (24 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Tennessee Education Freedom Scholarships schools
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