Westminster Christian Academy was founded in the fall of 1989. The school's initial class was composed of 10 first, second, and third grade students meeting in rented space at Faith Presbyterian Church in Watkinsville, taught by Karen Schaefer. The school grew alongside the oldest students in this first class, adding a new grade level after each school year. In 1994, enrollment in the school outgrew the capacity of its facilities at Faith Presbyterian. As a result, the school's lower grades remained at Faith, and the higher grades moved to facilities at Watkinsville First Baptist Church. WCA's first high school class graduated in the spring of 1999. The school completed the first phase of development at its present location, a site in Oconee County, in the fall of 1998. An additional expansion was planned that would add a new gymnasium and bring the school's capacity to 500 students.In 2018, another expansion was and is still planned to make new 6-12th grade classrooms that make the capacity of the school to 750.
Academics
The school enrolled 365 students across all grades for the 2018–2019 academic year. WCA's facilities include an administration building, which also houses the library; a lower-school building, which houses Pre-K through fifth grade; an upper-school building with a gymnasium and a fitness center, which houses the middle grades and Westminster High School; a field house containing two class rooms; and three athletic fields. The gymnasium houses ten classrooms. Uniforms are required on four out of five days for middle through high school; on "casual Friday," students can wear non-torn jeans, and T-shirts. A chapel is held every Friday at separate times for K-5 and 6-12 where all students sing and listen to a guest speaker. WCA is accredited by the Georgia Accrediting Commission and has a dual accreditation with the Southern Association of Independent Schools and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
The school claims that nearly 75% of the student body participates in an officially sanctioned sport. The school previously had a football team, but cut it because of budget.
