Salem Christian Academy

What Salem Christian Academy does

Salem Christian Academy (SCA) is a private, nonprofit Christian school operating from two adjacent campuses in Clayton, Ohio (6500 Southway Rd. for Preschool and K-5; 6600 Salem Ave. for grades 6-12). Founded on June 13, 1988 as a K-3 school chartered by the Ohio Department of Education, the institution progressively expanded to K-6 (1993) and was re-chartered through 12th grade in June 2007. It serves families in the greater Dayton area seeking a faith-based education, offering a Preschool program (ages 3-5), Elementary (K-5), and Secondary School (6-12) with Biblical worldview integration across all subjects while meeting or exceeding Ohio state academic standards.

The school's core product is a unified K-12 educational program supplemented by the Soaring Eagles Extended Care service (7:15am-5:30pm) and a Shadowing Student Program for prospective families. Underlying technology is conventional EdTech rather than proprietary platform: FACTS serves as the Student Information System and parent portal, Everyware handles online payments (tuition, daycare, band, sports, facility/tech fees), Abeka provides the phonics-based preschool curriculum, Renaissance Place/Accelerated Reader supports reading practice, Typing.com offers typing instruction, and the ODE Student Practice Site and ACSI Speech Meet round out the academic tooling. Annual tuition is $6,165 for K-8 and $8,407 for 9-12 (per the 2023-2024 schedule), with eligible families able to apply Ohio's EdChoice Scholarship.

The business model is a tuition-based subscription paid annually by individual families, distributed via direct enrollment with tour- and screening-based admissions. The customer base is exclusively consumer (parents/families) with no enterprise or institutional buyers; only 76 students are enrolled in the 6-12 secondary division for 2024-2025, and total K-12 plus preschool enrollment is not disclosed. SCA is supported by 18 employees and informal ties to local church organizations (Crestview Baptist Church and Salem Church of God), with no parent company, subsidiaries, or external investment ownership indicated in the source data.

Name

Salem Christian Academy

Legal name

Salem Christian Academy

Website

https://salemchristianacademy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Salem Christian Academy is a nonprofit private Christian K-12 school in Clayton, Ohio, founded in 1988, serving approximately 76 secondary students plus preschool and elementary families with a Biblical worldview curriculum and Ohio state-aligned academics.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Private K-12 Christian Education

NAICS

Elementary and Secondary Schools (6111)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based (Religious) K–12 Schools (EDAJABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Preschool Programs within Private K–12 Schools (EDACABAM)

Keywords

• Private Christian education
• K-12 faith-based schooling
• Preschool kindergarten readiness
• Biblical worldview curriculum
• Extended care daycare

Headquarters

HQ city

Clayton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Salem Christian Academy is a private, faith-based K-12 school that delivers Preschool (ages 3-5), Elementary (K-5), and Secondary (6-12) education rooted in a Biblical worldview while meeting and exceeding Ohio state academic standards. Core offerings include the Preschool Program (Abeka phonics curriculum), Elementary and Secondary academic programs, the Soaring Eagles Extended Care program (7:15am-5:30pm), a Shadowing Student Program for prospective families, and parent access via the FACTS Student Information System.

Product overview

Salem Christian Academy is a private Christian school offering a unified K-12 educational program with three distinct academic divisions: Preschool (for 3-5 year olds), Elementary School (K-5), and Secondary School (6-12). The institution provides a comprehensive faith-based education rooted in Biblical worldview integration, meeting Ohio state academic standards while emphasizing spiritual development. Core programs include the Preschool Program with phonics-based Abeka curriculum for kindergarten readiness, Elementary and Secondary programs following academic standards, and supplementary services such as the Soaring Eagles Extended Care program, Shadowing Student Program for prospective families, and the FACTS-based Parent Portal for ongoing student progress monitoring. The school also supports families through the Ohio EdChoice Scholarship program.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Preschool Program
• Elementary School (K-5)
• Secondary School (6-12)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• NorthmontminorOthersNorthmont school district provides bussing services for SCA students who live in their district. This is an exception to the general policy that parents are responsible for transportation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Dayton Christian School: Dayton Christian School is a faith-based PreK-12 school in the Dayton, OH metro that serves the same regional family market as SCA with a comparable Biblical-worldview integration model. It is the closest structural peer in terms of size, grade-band coverage, and tuition-driven funding model.
• Troy Christian School: Troy Christian School is a PreK-12 evangelical Christian school in Troy, OH, sharing SCA's grade-band coverage and mission of faith-integrated education. It is a comparable niche competitor in the broader Dayton-region faith-based private market.
• Middletown Christian School: Middletown Christian School is a PreK-12 non-denominational Christian school serving southwest Ohio, mirroring SCA's full K-12 offering and faith-based positioning. It competes for the same family demographic within roughly 20 miles of Clayton.

Regional players

• Archbishop Alter High School: Archbishop Alter is a Catholic college-preparatory high school in Kettering, OH serving the Dayton metro with grades 9-12. It overlaps with SCA's secondary offering in geography and values-based positioning, providing a regional alternative for faith-oriented families.
• Carroll High School: Carroll High School is a Catholic secondary school in Dayton, OH offering grades 9-12 with values-based instruction. It overlaps with SCA's secondary division in the same metro and competes for the same faith-oriented family segment, albeit under a Catholic (rather than evangelical) tradition.
• Spring Valley Academy: Spring Valley Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist K-12 school in Centerville, OH that competes with SCA for values-oriented families in the Dayton region. It differs in theological tradition but matches on the integrated K-12 faith-based private model and local competitive footprint.

Broad incumbents

• Abeka Academy: Abeka Academy is a nationally scaled online faith-based K-12 program built on the same Abeka curriculum SCA already uses at the preschool level. It represents the at-home / online alternative against which SCA's brick-and-mortar offering must continually justify incremental cost.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/salem-christian-academy

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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