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
2,733 of the 3,368 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.
- Houston402 listed322 on the list
- San Antonio219 listed193 on the list
- Austin194 listed137 on the list
- Dallas125 listed99 on the list
- Fort Worth108 listed93 on the list
- Katy85 listed59 on the list
- Plano73 listed48 on the list
- Spring62 listed53 on the list
- Sugar Land60 listed36 on the list
- Arlington54 listed45 on the list
- Frisco54 listed30 on the list
- Laredo49 listed47 on the list
All 411 cities, A to Z
A
B
- Balch Springs 2
- Bandera 1
- Bartonville 2
- Bastrop 5
- Bay City 7
- Baytown 11
- Beaumont 19
- Bedford 4
- Bee Cave 7
- Beeville 1
- Bellaire 6
- Bellville 1
- Belton 4
- Benbrook 1
- Big Spring 1
- Boerne 20
- Bogata 1
- Bonham 1
- Bowie 1
- Breckenridge 1
- Brenham 3
- Brookshire 2
- Brownsville 18
- Brownwood 2
- Bryan 10
- 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 3
- Carrollton 32
- Carrolton 1
- Castroville 2
- Cedar Hill 17
- 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 17
- Converse 6
- Coppell 14
- Copperas Cove 3
- Corinth 5
- Corpus Christi 26
- Corsicana 4
- Crandall 1
- Cresson 1
- Crosby 4
- 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 59
- 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 13
- Grand Prairie 17
- Grapevine 13
- Greenville 5
- Groves 1
H
- Hallettsville 1
- Hallsburg 1
- Hallsville 1
- Haltom City 1
- Harker Heights 5
- Harleton 1
- Harlingen 7
- Haslet 7
- Hawkins 1
- Heath 2
- Hebbronville 1
- Helotes 3
- Hempstead 1
- Henderson 3
- Hereford 1
- Hickory Creek 3
- Hidalgo 3
- Highland Village 2
- Highlands 1
- Hillsboro 2
- Hitchcock 1
- Hockley 3
- Hooks 1
- Houston 488
- Humble 40
- Huntsville 6
- Hurst 6
- Hutto 6
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 50
- 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 11
- Mexia 1
- Midland 17
- Midlothian 4
- Mineral Wells 2
- Mission 13
- Missouri 1
- Missouri City 37
- 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 47
- Pearsall 4
- Penitas 1
- Pflugerville 12
- 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 5
- Princeton 3
- Prosp 1
- Prosper 21
- Providence Village 2
Q
- Quinlan 1
R
- Rayford 1
- Red Oak 6
- Richardson 25
- Richland Hills 4
- Richmond 55
- Richwood 2
- Rio Grande City 3
- Roanoke 1
- Robinson 3
- Robstown 1
- Rockport 1
- Rockwall 15
- Roma 5
- Rosenberg 11
- Rosharon 5
- Round Rock 42
- Rowlett 9
- Royse City 2
- Rusk 2
S
- Sachse 5
- Sadler 2
- Saginaw 5
- Salado 1
- San Angelo 8
- San Antonio 279
- 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 80
- Spring Branch 4
- Springtown 3
- Spurger 1
- Stafford 9
- Starbase 1
- Stephenville 1
- Sugar Land 71
- Sulpher Springs 1
- Sunnyvale 2
- Sweetwater 1
T
- Taft 1
- Taylor 2
- Temple 18
- Texarkana 3
- Texas City 4
- The Colony 3
- The Woodlands 29
- Thorndale 1
- Thornton 1
- Tolar 1
- Tomball 28
- 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 | 4,301 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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Verified on 2026-09-29
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