Fast Facts

Enrollment: 610
Ages/grades: Preschool 1's-8th Grade
Average class size:
Preschool: 14
Kindergarten - 4th: 17
5th - 8th Grade: 15

FROM 2022-2023 DATA:
Teacher-to-student ratio: 1:6
(100 teaching faculty members)
Student diversity: 45% are culturally or ethnically diverse; 42% male and 58% female
Tuition: $8,728 - $14,990 based on grade
Year founded: 2009

School hours:
Preschool 1's-Pre-K 8:45am to 12:45pm
Kindergarten 8:10am to 2:20pm
1st-4th grades 8:10am to 3:10pm
5th-8th grades 8:00am to 3:10pm

All students in grades K-8th dismiss on Friday afternoons at 2:20pm.

Stinger's Squad (Before & Aftercare)

Preschool 1s
Before Care begins at 7:30 am

After Care ends at 4:30 pm

Preschool 2s- 8th Grade

Before Care begins at 7:15 am

After Care ends at 6:00 pm

% of lead teachers with an advanced degree:
36%

St. Benedict's graduates attend the following schools:

Cobb County Magnet and IB programs
Campbell IB
North Atlanta IB Program
Cobb County Center For Excellence in the Performing Arts
Private Schools include: Atlanta Girls' School, Galloway School, Holy Innocents' Episcopal School, Holy Spirit Preparatory School, The Lovett School, The Mount Vernon School, Pace Academy, Wheeler Magnet, The Walker School, Westminster, Whitefield Academy, Woodward Academy, and others.

Spanish is part of core curriculum and is taught by a team of native Spanish speakers.

Religious curriculum is taught to students in Kindergarten through 8th grade once per week. Students in Preschool through 8th grade attend weekly chapel services.

Various learning styles are accommodated by two teachers in every classroom through the 3rd grade as well as a Student Support team comprised of Learning Resource and Reading Specialists.

Arts: Enriching classes in the Fine Arts for every grade in Kindergarten through 8th grade, including drama, creative movement, art, music, band, and chorus.

Technology: St. B's is a school with 1:1 technology for grades K - 8th
Promethean Boards (interactive white boards) in each K-8th classroom.
1:1 iPads K - 3rd Grade
1:1 Chromebook program for 4th-8th, including keyboarding instruction
Platforms utilized include Zoom, Seesaw and Google
Classroom

Athletics: Cross country, basketball, youth passing football league, track and field

Clubs List: Spanish Cooking, Coding, Dinosaur, Yoga, Young Engineers, Martial Arts, Gym Go Kids, Jitterbug, Tennis, Snapology, STEAM, Chess, Cotillion, Beta Club, Helping Hands, Band

Campus: Main campus for Preschool 1's-3rd grade (includes church/nave for chapel and performances) with green athletic field, blacktop, and two playgrounds.
New 4th Grade building "The Hive," with access to athletic field and playground.
South Campus for 5th through 8th grades with large green athletic field and blacktop.
Numerous outdoor learning and eating spaces on all three campuses.

Weekly summer camp programs are open to students and to the community for Preschool 2's - 8th grade

Accreditation: SAIS/COGNIA

Memberships: AAAIS, GISA, NAIS, NAES

Application due dates:

Preschool- January 24, 2023
K-8th- February 6, 2023

Admissions move to a rolling consideration after the application deadline and depend on seat availability.

Financial aid application due date:
March 17, 2023

Decision Release Dates:

Preschool- February 1, 2023
K-8th- March 31, 2023