✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades K-930 students7.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Christian schools in Memphis, TN
22 in Memphis or within 6 miles; schools in Memphis itself count at any distance from downtown. 16 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-8306 students8.8 students per teacherEpiscopalCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades 6-12361 students11.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed88% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades K-12570 students10.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed96% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-6362 students9.6 students per teacherMethodistCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12749 students8 students per teacherEpiscopalAll-girls100% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12114 students11.4 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed0% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-1081 students11.1 students per teacherSeventh-Day AdventistCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8258 students7.4 students per teacherPresbyterianCo-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-888 students5.3 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-12415 students13.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed98% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-542 students2.8 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-6342 students8.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades K-12160 students8 students per teacherBaptistCo-ed88% to 4-year college
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades K-340 students6.7 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Tennessee Education Freedom ScholarshipGrades PreK-8136 students11.3 students per teacherLutheran Church (Missouri Synod)Co-ed
Grades 10-1218 students5.1 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)All-boys50% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-KMethodistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades KChurch of God in ChristEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-KChurch of God in ChristEarly childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-KChristian (nondenominational)Early childhoodCo-ed
Grades PreK-444 students8.8 students per teacherChurch of God in ChristCo-ed
Christian schools near Memphis by the numbers
- Where
- 21 in Memphis, 1 within 6 miles
- Students
- about 4,116 in all; the typical school has 160
- Smallest and largest
- Tennessee Preparatory Academy, 18 students; St. Mary's Episcopal School, 749 students
- Students per teacher
- 8.1 typical, 2.8 to 20 across 22 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- 1 all-girls and 1 all-boys; the rest co-ed
- Association members
- 6, most often the National Association of Episcopal Schools
- To a 4-year college
- 88% of graduates at the typical high school (7 reporting)
- State program
- Scholarship, $7,530 per student for 2026-27
How EFS works
- Pre-K (and up)15
- Elementary (K to 5)20
- Middle (6 to 8)14
- High school (9 to 12)9
- K to 12, one school5
- Under 505
- 50 to 1494
- 150 to 2992
- 300 to 5996
- 600 or more1
- Christian schools here73%
- All of Tennessee57%
Lowest$8,600Middle$15,375Highest$21,500
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.
- Tuition for 8 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 6, 2026.
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