City School, Austin TX: Tuition, Accepts TEFA

Tuition: On the school’s website
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 71
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Austin center: 6.5 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use TEFA here?

✓ On the official Texas Education Freedom Accounts list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: The 2026-27 application window ran February 4 to March 31, 2026: it first closed March 17 and was extended to March 31 (the Comptroller’s home page; its Families page still shows March 17). No 2027-28 dates are posted yet; the state offers an interest list for updates.

Source: the official list, dated October 26, 2026.

What you would pay here

Net cost: Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page

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School facts

Teachers: 2
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 46% boys, 54% girls
Setting: City

School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

2019-20 to 2023-24: 91 to 71, down 20 (22%)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 5 (12)
Smallest grade: 3 grades (5 each)
Average a grade: About 8

The school year

Days in the school year: 165
Length of the school day: 6 hours 40 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,100
Kindergarten: Full day and half day offered, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Texas: 11 days shorter than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
School day, against Texas: 35 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)

How it compares

Students vs county median

Size in Travis County: Larger than 18 of 54 other schools we list

Student body, 2023-24

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.

City School tuition, and what TEFA pays

Published tuition: On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)

TX

Texas Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account

Award: $10,474 per private school student for 2026-27
How it varies: More for students with disabilities; $2,000 for homeschooled students.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 8, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at City School?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms TEFA award Children

Ask the school: Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Account (TEFA) for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Athena Montessori Academy	PreK-K	9	not reported	Nonsectarian	2
Harmon School (Digital Learning) ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic School ✓	PreK-8	146	10.7	Roman Catholic	2
San Juan Diego Catholic High School ✓	9-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	3
One of the Kids Academy ✓	K-4	not reported	not reported	not reported	3
Little Learning Grove ✓	PreK-2	not reported	not reported	not reported	3
Waterloo School ✓	9-12	70	9	Christian (nondenominational)	3
Austin Montessori School	PreK-9	223	13.1	Nonsectarian	3

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