| K | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 48 | 63 | 51 | 47 | 53 | 46 | 55 | 50 | 60 | 45 | 53 | 43 | 54 |
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25 school year, as reported to the WA State Board of Education.
Source: the school's own tuition page · aid page, observed 2026-07-03. Tuition changes annually, verify before applying.
NCES Private School Universe Survey, 2021-22 (the most recent federal collection). Private-school demographics are reported biennially and lag public-school data.
PK–12 Christian day school in Central Tacoma · 766 students, 98 of them preschoolers (WA SBE, 2024-25) · educational ministry of Life Center Church, Assemblies of God.
The first decision-relevant fact about Life Christian Academy is that it will not tell you the price. The school's own tuition page publishes no figures, just a direction to call admissions (checked June 2026), and the real numbers surface only inside a guided funnel. For late-cycle applicants, that funnel ends with a non-refundable $1,000-per-child deposit collected during the principal interview itself. Third-party estimates put upper-school tuition somewhere around $14,000 to $16,000, but those are estimates, not quotes. The second fact: the enrollment contract binds harder than most. It auto-renews unless you opt out by February 28, withdrawal penalties escalate to 100% of annual tuition for a second-semester exit, and transcripts are withheld until the balance clears. The third: after rival Sound Christian Academy collapsed days before the 2025-26 school year, Life Christian became close to the only conservative-evangelical option in Tacoma, and that leverage runs in the school's favor, not yours. None of this makes it a bad school. Church-scale resources, small classes, legitimate athletics, and a learning-support program are all real. But what you'd be signing is a covenant, financial and theological at once, and its terms deserve more scrutiny than the campus tour invites.
Researched 2026-07-04. Citations and claim ledger included in the full dossier.
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