Texas · TEFA
Private schools and learning programs in Texas
Who is on the TEFA list, what it pays, and what each school costs after the award where tuition is published. Every fact links its source.
The Texas award
Texas Education Freedom Accounts
What it pays (2026-27)
- $10,474Private-school award
- $10,474Pre-K or kindergarten program award
- up to $30,000for a student with a disability
- $2,000Homeschool / other award
Next application window
around 3 February 2027
Projected for 2027-28: no official date yet
How we estimate this
2026-27 family applications opened Wed Feb 4 2026 (one prior cycle; accounts fund by July 1 each year under 34 TAC 16.407); the official site shows only a 2027-28 interest list
On the official list here
2,756 of the 3,364 listings shown by name (home-based programs are listed without one)
How to apply for TEFA 2027-28We are an independent directory and cannot take applications.
- Apply or log in at the official TEFA siteeducationfreedom.texas.gov
Browse by city
Largest first, by number of listings.
- Houston399 listed324 on the list
- San Antonio221 listed195 on the list
- Austin188 listed138 on the list
- Dallas122 listed99 on the list
- Fort Worth106 listed93 on the list
- Katy84 listed59 on the list
- Plano73 listed48 on the list
- Spring63 listed54 on the list
- Sugar Land61 listed38 on the list
- Arlington55 listed46 on the list
- Frisco54 listed30 on the list
- Laredo50 listed48 on the list
All 412 cities, A to Z
A
B
- Balch Springs 2
- Bandera 1
- Bartonville 2
- Bastrop 5
- Bay City 7
- Baytown 12
- Beaumont 19
- Bedford 4
- Bee Cave 7
- Beeville 1
- Bellaire 6
- Bellville 1
- Belton 4
- Benbrook 1
- Big Spring 1
- Boerne 21
- Bogata 1
- Bonham 1
- Bowie 1
- Breckenridge 1
- Brenham 3
- Brookshire 2
- Brownsville 20
- Brownwood 2
- Bryan 11
- Buda 5
- Bullard 1
- Bulverde 4
- Burkburnett 1
- Burke 1
- Burleson 11
C
- Caddo Mills 1
- Cameron 1
- Canton 2
- Canutillo 2
- Canyon 1
- Canyon Lake 2
- Carrollton 31
- Carrolton 1
- Castroville 2
- Cedar Hill 18
- Cedar Hilll 1
- Cedar Park 26
- Celina 6
- Centerville 1
- Chico 1
- Cibolo 5
- Cisco 1
- Cleburne 7
- Cleveland 2
- Clute 2
- Coldspring 1
- College Station 15
- Colleyville 9
- Columbus 1
- Conroe 19
- Converse 6
- Coppell 14
- Copperas Cove 3
- Corinth 5
- Corpus Christi 26
- Corsicana 4
- Crandall 1
- Cresson 1
- Crosby 3
- Cross Roads 1
- Crowley 4
- Cuero 2
- Cypress 43
D
E
- Eagle Pass 2
- East Bernard 1
- Edinburg 18
- Edna 2
- El Campo 4
- El Lago 1
- El Paso 60
- Elsa 2
- Euless 8
F
G
- Gainesville 7
- Galena Park 1
- Gallatin 1
- Galveston 4
- Garland 33
- Georgetown 20
- Giddings 2
- Glen Rose 1
- Goliad 1
- Graham 1
- Granbury 14
- Grand Prairie 17
- Grapevine 13
- Greenville 5
- Groves 1
H
- Hallettsville 1
- Hallsburg 1
- Hallsville 1
- Haltom City 2
- Harker Heights 5
- Harleton 1
- Harlingen 7
- Haslet 7
- Hawkins 1
- Heath 2
- Hebbronville 1
- Helotes 3
- Hempstead 1
- Henderson 4
- Hereford 1
- Hickory Creek 3
- Hidalgo 3
- Highland Village 2
- Highlands 1
- Hillsboro 2
- Hitchcock 1
- Hockley 3
- Hooks 1
- Houston 487
- Humble 40
- Huntsville 6
- Hurst 6
- Hutto 7
I
- Irving 48
J
K
L
- La Feria 2
- La Grange 1
- La Marque 4
- La Porte 2
- La Vernia 2
- Lago Vista/Austin 1
- Lake Dallas 1
- Lake Jackson 1
- Lake Worth 1
- Lakeway 1
- Lancaster 10
- Lantana 4
- Laredo 51
- League City 20
- Leander 16
- Leesburg 1
- Levelland 2
- Lewisville 19
- Liberty Hill 10
- Lindale 3
- Little Elm 7
- Live Oak 2
- Livingston 6
- Llano 1
- Lockhart 1
- Longview 9
- Lorena 1
- Los Fresnos 2
- Louise 1
- Lubbock 26
- Lucas 2
- Lufkin 5
- Lumberton 3
- Lytle 3
M
- Magnolia 13
- Manchaca 2
- Mansfield 25
- Manvel 4
- Marble Falls 5
- Marion 1
- Marshall 7
- Maud 1
- McAllen 21
- McKinney 49
- Meadows Place 1
- Melissa 7
- Mercedes 2
- Mesquite 12
- Mexia 1
- Midland 17
- Midlothian 4
- Mineral Wells 2
- Mission 14
- Missouri 1
- Missouri City 38
- Monahans 1
- Mont Belvieu 1
- Montgomery 8
- Moody 1
- Mount Pleasant 2
- Mount Vernon 1
- Muenster 1
- Murphy 7
N
O
P
- Palestine 1
- Palmview 4
- Pampa 2
- Pantego 4
- Paris 3
- Pasadena 13
- Pearland 46
- Pearsall 4
- Penitas 1
- Pflugerville 11
- Pharr 9
- Pilot Point 1
- Pipe Creek 2
- Pittsburg 1
- Plano 92
- Pleasanton 2
- Poetry 1
- Port Arthur 6
- Port Lavaca 4
- Port Neches 2
- Porter 4
- Princeton 3
- Prosp 1
- Prosper 21
- Providence Village 2
Q
- Quinlan 1
R
- Rayford 1
- Red Oak 6
- Richardson 25
- Richland Hills 4
- Richmond 56
- Richwood 2
- Rio Grande City 3
- Roanoke 2
- Robinson 3
- Robstown 1
- Rockport 1
- Rockwall 15
- Roma 5
- Rosenberg 11
- Rosharon 5
- Round Rock 44
- Rowlett 9
- Royse City 2
- Rusk 2
S
- Sachse 5
- Sadler 2
- Saginaw 5
- Salado 1
- San Angelo 8
- San Antonio 282
- San Antono 1
- San Benito 1
- San Juan 6
- San Marcos 10
- Sanger 5
- Santa Fe 1
- Savannah 1
- Schertz 11
- Schulenberg 1
- Scurry 1
- Seagoville 1
- Sealy 2
- Seguin 6
- Selma 4
- Sherman 9
- Shiner 1
- Simonton 1
- Southlake 20
- Spicewood 3
- Splendora 1
- Spring 81
- Spring Branch 4
- Springtown 3
- Spurger 1
- Stafford 9
- Starbase 1
- Stephenville 1
- Sugar Land 74
- Sulpher Springs 1
- Sunnyvale 2
- Sweetwater 1
T
- Taft 1
- Taylor 2
- Temple 18
- Texarkana 3
- Texas City 4
- The Colony 3
- The Woodlands 30
- Thorndale 1
- Thornton 1
- Tolar 1
- Tomball 29
- Trophy Club 2
- Tyler 22
U
V
W
- Waco 17
- Wake Village 1
- Waller 1
- Warda 1
- Waskom 1
- Waxahachie 7
- Weatherford 10
- Webster 9
- Weimar 5
- Weslaco 12
- West 1
- West Lake Hills 3
- West University Place 1
- Westlake 1
- Wharton 1
- Whitehouse 1
- Whitesboro 1
- Whitney 2
- Wichita 1
- Wichita Falls 5
- Willis 1
- Willow Park 2
- Wimberley 2
- Windcrest 3
- Winnsboro 1
- Woodlands 1
- Woodway 3
- Wylie 9
Y
Z
- Zapata 3
No city by that name yet. Try a nearby larger town.
| Listed | 4,316 how we count, as of |
|---|---|
| Published tuition | $1,500 to $54,600 a year (298 listings) how we count, as of |
| Grades covered | Pre-K to 12 how we count, as of |
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