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We desire to partner with families who share the values and mission of Legacy Christian Academy. Through our Financial Aid model, we offer personalized tuition for students in Kindergarten through Grade 12. Financial Aid is determined based on your family’s income, expenses, and assets, making a Christ-centered private education more accessible.
Financial Aid is a program that reflects LCA’s commitment to providing access to Christian education for families of all income levels. Financial Aid allows families to qualify for an indexed tuition rate based on their unique financial circumstances.
This is not a loan program. The amount of reduced tuition will never need to be “repaid.”
We understand that there is great diversity in families’ incomes and assets. Our Financial Aid program recognizes those differences and provides a range of tuition so that we charge the rates that are right for our families.
Peer schools with similar models have found that it changes perceptions about affordability and increases the number of prospective families considering a private Christian education, which in turn enriches a school's student body and the overall community.
Any prospective or current family with students in kindergarten to grade 12 may apply for Financial Aid if they are concerned about affording the full tuition rate at Legacy Christian Academy. Tap here to view Tuition Information.
To determine if a family qualifies for Financial Aid, Legacy Christian Academy partners with FACTS, a third party financial processor of Financial Aid applications for independent schools across the country. FACTS determines a family’s ability to pay tuition based upon on an “Estimated Family Contribution” (EFC) calculation that takes into account many of the factors that make up a family’s overall financial picture, including but not limited to income, assets, household size, unusual expenses, and family size.
The Financial Aid Committee evaluates each application in a fair, consistent, and confidential manner. We take time to understand the nuances and unique circumstances of each family.
LCA partners with FACTS to process Financial Aid applications. Every year families submit a Parent Financial Statement (PFS) to FACTS, which processes the information and provides an analysis.
No. Financial Aid is available for families with students in grades Kindergarten through 12. It is not available for Early Learning grades (Pre-K 3- Junior Kindergarten).
The availability of Financial Aid may vary based on the entering grade level, space in a grade, number of applicants, and budgeted funds, including evidence of the ability to pay LCA Early Learning tuition, daycare or college.
No. Admission applications and Financial Aid applications are reviewed separately, and submitting an application for Financial Aid has no bearing on an applicant’s admissibility.
Families must reapply for Financial Aid each year and meet all stated deadlines. If the current financial picture for a family changes significantly, the amount of Financial Aid will be adjusted accordingly to reflect the new amount of demonstrated need.
Unfortunately, not. While LCA makes a considerable investment in the program each year, we are not able to offer Financial Aid to every student who qualifies for both admission and Financial Aid due to a finite amount of funds available.
LCA requires that, to be considered for Financial Aid, each parent/guardian household must submit a separate Financial Aid application along with all tax documents and forms. Consideration of all available resources from both parents/guardians and their spouses is based on the principle that a family’s contribution for education is a reflection of “the ability to contribute, not the willingness to contribute,” which is standard FACTS policy.
After LCA determines an Indexed Tuition rate for the student, it is the responsibility of the parents to determine a payment schedule structure.
If a parent is no longer involved in the life of the child in any way, please speak directly with LCA’s Financial Aid coordinator, Evi Burgo, at 214-619-5933 to determine how to proceed.
All Financial Aid applications are confidential. Faculty and administrators are not privy to any family’s financial materials, nor are they aware of which families apply for Financial Aid.
In the case of applications from multiple households, all financial information is kept strictly confidential, and at no time will one household have access to the others’ information.
In fact, LCA considers all Financial Aid decisions to be confidential agreements between the school and the recipient family and expects both parties to treat them that way.
