Excellence Academy
6200 Virginia Pkwy, McKinney, TX 75071Checked against the official list (dated October 26, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-10
- Students (K-12)
- 92
- Students per teacher
- 6.9
- Affiliation
- Islamic
- From McKinney center
- 2.1 miles
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
School facts
- Teachers
- 18
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 48% boys, 52% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- American Montessori Society
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (12)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 10 (4)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 6; lower grades 9
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 173
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 35 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,310
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Texas
- 3 days shorter than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- 20 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.9 here; median 8.5 at 383 TX combined schools
- Size in Collin County
- Larger than 23 of 45 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Excellence Academy tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
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 Excellence Academy?
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Tuition and fees TEFA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- 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 | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prenda Microschool: Landmark Collegiate Academy McKinney ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| Landmark Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Wonderland Montessori Academy of McKinney ✓ | PreK-K | 1 | 2 |
| Guidepost Montessori at Eldorado | PreK-K | 8 | 2 |
| McKinney Christian Academy ✓ | K-12 | not reported | 2 |
| Happy Flower Montessori McKinney ✓ | PreK-2 | not reported | 3 |
| Happy Flower Montessori Elementary School ✓ | K-2 | not reported | 3 |
| Academy of Business and Innovation ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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