Enrollment FAQs

When are the enrollment contract and non-refundable enrollment fee due?

A signed enrollment contract and $600.00 non-refundable enrollment fee must be submitted to enroll your child. St. Andrew’s uses an online enrollment process via SchoolAdmin, our admissions management software. An email with a link will be sent to access your child's enrollment contract via the Parent Portal in SchoolAdmin.

For NEW Families to St. Andrew's:

April 15, 2023 for 6th - 11th grade applicants
May 10, 2023 for Kindergarten - 5th grade applicants

After these dates, enrollment will be based upon space availability.

For RETURNING families of St. Andrew's

March 15, 2023 for K-12
April 1, 2023 for Queen Emma Preschool

A $250.00 late fee will be assessed for contracts or enrollment fees submitted after March 15, 2023 (K-12) and April 1, 2023 (QEP). Enrollment is subject to space availability after these dates.

What is the Annual Information Update and when is it due?

How do I pay the non-refundable enrollment fee?

The online contract allows you three options: “pay by credit card,” “pay by electronic check,” and “pay by cash.”

If you choose to pay by credit card, there will be a 3% convenience fee charged, bringing the total to $618.00. To pay by electronic check, you enter the details from your bank account and the money will be automatically deducted from your account with no additional convenience fee. If you would prefer to pay in cash, please select “pay by cash” on the contract and bring your deposit to the Admissions Office for processing.

Please comply with the aforementioned deadlines to avoid the $250.00 late fee (returning families only) and to ensure a spot for your child. We highly encourage all families to pay using the automated system in order to expedite the enrollment process.

What is the non-refundable enrollment fee and how is it applied?

How do I pay tuition and what is FACTS?

All tuition plans will be administered through FACTS, a third-party tuition management service used by schools across the country. This company is a trusted and secure organization that has been serving schools for many years. FACTS allows you to create an account and link a bank account or credit card to that account from which they will automatically deduct the annual, semester or monthly tuition on the scheduled date.

The service fee for the semester payment plan is $100.00 (divided equally between the two semesters) and the service fee for the monthly payment plan is $400.00 (divided equally among the eleven monthly payments for K-12 and twelve monthly payments for preschool).

How do I enroll in FACTS?

A blue button that links to FACTS will be available on your child’s Enrollment Checklist within SchoolAdmin once all contracts in a family have been completed. This button will allow your family to complete your FACTS tuition management sign-up; completion of this step can be tracked in SchoolAdmin via your child’s Enrollment Checklist.

FACTS is integrated with SchoolAdmin, our Admissions software. Please use the blue FACTS button via your child’s Enrollment Checklist to enroll in FACTS so that your demographic information and tuition data will migrate automatically from SchoolAdmin to FACTS.

If a family accesses FACTS externally (and not via SchoolAdmin for the initial set up), your demographic information and tuition data from SchoolAdmin will not migrate into FACTS and you will not see your tuition in FACTS. Our school will update FACTS as necessary to reflect financial aid and discounts if those were not originally reflected in the enrollment contract.

All families should enroll with FACTS at your earliest convenience, but no later than a month before your first tuition payment is due, to ensure your account is set up correctly.

How does FACTS know what to deduct from my account?

FACTS is integrated with SchoolAdmin, our Admissions software. Please use the blue FACTS button via your child’s Enrollment Checklist to enroll in FACTS so that your demographic information and tuition data will migrate automatically from SchoolAdmin to FACTS.

If a family accesses FACTS externally (and not via SchoolAdmin for the initial set up), your demographic information and tuition data from SchoolAdmin will not migrate into FACTS and you will not see your tuition in FACTS. Our school will update FACTS as necessary to reflect financial aid and discounts if those were not originally reflected in the enrollment contract.

My family receives financial aid. Do I need to pay the service fees?

No, the service fees associated with the payment plans charged by St. Andrew’s Schools are waived for families receiving financial aid. The online enrollment contract should automatically take this into account. Please contact us if you receive financial aid and your contract shows any service fees.

FACTS will charge their own fees for tuition payments made via credit card and late payments. Please refer to their fee policy for more information.

What is the Tuition Refund Plan?

The Tuition Refund Plan is a form of insurance that provides families protection on their investment in an independent school. If your student withdraws, the Tuition Refund Plan may pay benefits (subject to the terms of the policy and the amount insured) to the school, which will assist the family in meeting their tuition obligation to the school. The program refunds a portion of the unused annual tuition and insured fees to the school when students are withdrawn or dismissed for covered reasons. The Plan's benefit extends to the school by helping to insure receipt of its budgeted tuition income and financial aid.

All Prep and Priory students/families that are paying monthly or by semester will automatically be enrolled in the Tuition Refund Plan. The plan is optional for those paying annually except those with financial aid.

How much is the Tuition Refund Plan and when must it be paid?

The Tuition Refund Plan is 2% of gross tuition. The fee for this plan will be billed in June 2023 and must be paid in full in July 2023.

School/Grade Level	Tuition	2% of Gross Tuition
The Prep, Grades K – 6	$20,700	$414.00
The Priory, Grades K – 12	$20,700	$414.00

What happens if I make a late tuition payment?

What happens if my check bounces?

How do divorced parents or those with two households complete the contract?

The first Parent/Guardian logs into the Parent Portal in SchoolAdmin and signs the enrollment contract. Once signed, there will be a prompt that allows them to invite another parent/guardian associated with that student or a non-household member to co-sign the document. The co-signor will then receive an email to sign into the Parent Portal in SchoolAdmin to sign the document.

*The same email address/account cannot be used for both signers. Two distinct Parent Portal accounts with different email addresses need to be used for dual signatures from separate households.

Either party can pay the non-refundable enrollment fee; however, the fee can only be paid after both parties sign the contract. The system only allows a one-time payment of the full $600.00 non-refundable fee. If you would like to split the enrollment fee between parents, please select “Cash” as your payment option and walk in or mail your payments directly to the Admissions Office. Please ensure both of these payments are received by the aforementioned deadlines in order to avoid the $250.00 late fee (returning families only) and ensure a spot for your child.

To ensure the tuition amount is distributed appropriately in FACTS, please contact Mary Ellen Williams (mwilliams@standrewsschools.org), Director of Finance, to set up the accounts accurately.

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