✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-8 65 students 4.6 students per teacher Jewish
Private schools in Greensboro, NC
33 schools within 12 miles. 28 of them are on the state’s Opportunity Scholarship list. Opportunity Scholarship pays $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income.
Schools near Greensboro
Schools on the official Opportunity Scholarship list are first, then it goes by distance. No school pays to appear here or to move up.
Ivybrook Academy
1 mi ✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-12 224 students 5 students per teacher Nonsectarian
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-8 437 students 13.7 students per teacher Roman Catholic
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades 4-12 70 students 9.9 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-8 169 students 6.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Montessori
Buffalo Academy
3 mi ✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades K-8 230 students 9.2 students per teacher Islamic
Caldwell Academy
4 mi ✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship
Noble Academy
4 mi ✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades 2-12 145 students 5.2 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education
Canterbury School
4 mi ✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-8 302 students 5.7 students per teacher Episcopal
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades 1-11 53 students 2.6 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special education
The Covenant School
4 mi ✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades K-11 261 students 14.9 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades K-7 26 students 13 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-12 176 students 10.4 students per teacher Baptist
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-12 378 students 13.7 students per teacher Baptist
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-12 197 students 12.6 students per teacher Seventh-Day Adventist
✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades 7-12 93 students 7.4 students per teacher Nonsectarian Special program emphasis
Faith Christian Academy
11 mi ✓ North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Grades PreK-12 134 students 9.6 students per teacher Christian (nondenominational)
On the state’s official list Other private schools
All 33 schools within 12 miles
What North Carolina pays, and what that leaves you
North Carolina Opportunity Scholarship Scholarship
$3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income Four income tiers. A family of four earning up to $61,050 gets the top amount. Students with disabilities can also use ESA+.
Figures read from each program’s official pages, 2026-09-20. Sources and how to apply
What would you pay?
Tuition and fees Opportunity Scholarship pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
Opportunity Scholarship pays between $3,574 and $7,942 depending on your household. We start with the lower figure. Change it if you know yours. An award can never be more than the school actually charges. This is arithmetic, not a quote.
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- How Opportunity Scholarship works
Get one email when applications open
Most programs open once a year, and several ran out of money or seats in 2026. Pick your state (you are looking at Greensboro) and we will email you the day the next window opens, with the official link. That is the only email you get.
One email per application window. No calls, no sharing your details.
Questions parents ask
How many private schools are there near Greensboro?
We count 33 within 12 miles of downtown Greensboro. Together they enrolled about 3,753 students in the last federal survey (2023-24). The largest is St. Pius X Catholic School with 437 students.
Which Greensboro private schools take Opportunity Scholarship?
28 of the 33 schools on this page are on the state’s official Opportunity Scholarship list. They are marked with a green check and listed first. Schools marked here appear on the direct-payment school list the North Carolina State Education Assistance Authority posts for 2026-27. That list gives a name, city and county, so we match on name and city.
Will Opportunity Scholarship cover the whole tuition bill?
Sometimes, but do not count on it. Opportunity Scholarship pays $3,574 to $7,942 per student, by household income, and schools set their own prices. Ask each school for tuition plus fees, then use the calculator on this page to see what is left for you to pay.