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Tuition & Financial Aid

A Penn Charter education is possible for your child.

Our families choose Penn Charter because they want the best education and opportunities for their children. No matter their means, every family pays some tuition. The school works to ensure that money is not a barrier for admitted students.

Tuition for 2026-27

Division Grades Amount
Lower School

Pre-K

Kindergarten

Grades 1, 2, 3

Grades 4, 5

$31,325

$33,750

$36,850

$40,250
Middle School Grades 6, 7, 8 $46,375
Upper School Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 $51,075

Any student who applies to Penn Charter may apply for financial assistance, reflecting our founding Quaker principles of equality and diversity.   we encourage all families for whom paying full tuition would be challenging to apply for aid.

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Affordability

About 40% of students receive some level of financial aid for tuition, ranging from $2,500 to nearly a full year's tuition.

Penn Charter imposes no income ceiling or minimum for families applying for financial aid, and in the 2025-26 school year, most families who received need-based financial aid pay less than half the tuition.

 

How To Apply for Financial Aid

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Confidentiality, Divorce, Family Circumstances

  • Financial aid decisions are made separately from and subsequent to admissions decisions.
     
  • The complete financial aid process should be finished by December 1 to be considered in the first round of financial aid decisions.
     
  • Grants to new students are usually awarded to students who enter Penn Charter in pre-k, kindergarten, and grades fifth through ninth, and then, as funds remain, to new students entering in all other grades. Nearly all financial aid is distributed in the first round.

 

$16.2 M

financial aid distributed in 2025-26

40%

students receive need-based financial aid

$14,150

average tuition amount paid by Penn Charter families who receive financial aid

30

minutes or less to apply for financial aid (usually!)

 

Questions About Financial Aid?

Contact Us

John Zurcher

Director of Financial Aid and Associate Director of Admissions
Work: (215) 844-3460 ext 119