Cost of Education

Cost of Education

The Zeeland Christian School Board is committed to providing a quality, Christian education to as many children as possible at a reasonable price. Because Zeeland Christian is a private nonprofit school, the cost of education is completely covered by tuition dollars and the generosity of our community.

ELEMENTARY/HIGHSCHOOL TUITION SCHEDULE FOR 2013-14

  Tuition

Monthly (12)

Payments

Quarterly

Payments

Grades K-8      
Half-time Kdg. Only $5,092 $425 $1,273
1 Child $7,452+ $621 $1,863
2 Children $11,178+ $932 $2,795
3 Children $13,786+ $1,149 $3,447
4 Children $15,649+ $1,305 $3,913
5 Children $17,078+ $1,424 $4,270
6 Children $20,493+ $1,708 $5,124
Grades 9-12      
1 Child $9,342* $779 $2,336
2 Children $14,324* $1,194 $3,581
3 Children $17,750* $1,480 $4,438
4 Children $20,552* $1,713 $5,138
Combinations      
G1, H1 $12,875*+ $1,073 $3,219
G1, H2 $16,553*+ $1,380 $4,139
G1, H3 $19,513*+ $1,627 $4,879
G2, H1 $15,356*+ $1,280 $3,839
G2, H2 $18,333*+ $1,528 $4,584
G2, H3 $20,750*+ $1,730 $5,188
G3, H1 $17,038*+ $1,420 $4,260
G3, H2 $19,494*+ $1,625 $4,874
G3, H3 $24,351*+ $2,030 $6,088
G4, H1 $18,270*+ $1,523 $4,568
G4, H2 $23,034*+ $1,920 $5,759


ACTUAL ZCS COST $6,210*          Last Year $6,010
ACTUAL HCHS COST $7,785+      Last Year $7,560


= A $150 charge per student will be added to all middle school students for laptop fees.
* A $380 charge per student will be added to all HCHS students for activity fees and laptop fees. (This amount is tentative as of 2/15/13.)


Zeeland Christian School is a covenantal family made up of many parents. Many years ago the School Board decided that it would  implement a sliding tuition schedule that would allow parents with more children to pay a lower percent of the cost of education. What this means at the present time is that a family with one child pays more than 100 percent of the cost of education; a family with more children pays less than 100 percent.

This system has worked extremely well over the years, but recently we have faced some problems with the system when the last child in a family is in high school and the family wants to enroll directly with Holland Christian to save money. What we as a school society are asking is that if you want to be part of the sliding scale program, you commit to it and stick with it all the way through the time when your children leave the system whether that is in eighth grade or twelfth grade. This way we can continue to provide this service for our families and continue to provide quality Christian education for the children in this community.

Preschool Tuition

2013-14 School Year

Threeschool Classes 
One-day classes are $175 per semester

Two-day classes are $363 per semester.

Preschool/Four-year old Classes
Two-day classes are $375 per semester

Three-day classes are $490 per semester.

Young Fives Classes
$640 per semester.