✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12158 students6.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed50% to 4-year college
Christian schools in Cleveland, TN
8 in Cleveland or within 12 miles. 2 are on the state’s EFS list. Protestant and nondenominational Christian schools, going by the affiliation each school gave the federal survey (for schools new since then in Florida, the state’s private school directory).
✓ 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 K-12102 students12.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed67% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-1273 students6.5 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed75% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-1080 students7.1 students per teacherBaptistSpecial program emphasisCo-ed
Grades 5-7Under 10 K-12 studentsChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Christian schools near Cleveland by the numbers
- Where
- 6 in Cleveland, 2 within 12 miles
- Students
- about 591 in all; the typical school has 80
- Smallest and largest
- United Christian Academy, 37 students; Tennessee Christian Preparatory School, 158 students
- Students per teacher
- 6.7 typical, 2 to 12.6 across 8 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- 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)
- State program
- Scholarship, $7,530 per student for 2026-27
How EFS works
- Pre-K (and up)5
- Elementary (K to 5)8
- Middle (6 to 8)7
- High school (9 to 12)5
- K to 12, one school4
- Under 502
- 50 to 1494
- 150 to 2991
- Christian schools here25%
- 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.
Keep looking
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- Christian schools in Murfreesboro (99 mi)
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