First Baptist Academy of Universal City Tuition

Tuition, 2026-27: From $6,821
Grades: PreK-12
Students (K-12): 328
Students per teacher: 9.3
Affiliation: Baptist
From San Antonio center: 14.7 miles

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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

Tuition: $6,821 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $10,474
Left to pay: about $0: the award covers the full listed price, before fees

Award $10,474 Left to pay $0

Tuition: the school’s tuition sheet, checked October 6, 2026.
Award: Texas Education Freedom Accounts, official site (Texas Comptroller), read October 9, 2026.
Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers

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School facts

Teachers: 37
Student body: Coeducational
Go on to a 4-year college: 94%
Setting: Suburb

Member of: Association of Christian Schools International

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: 242 to 328, up 86 (36%)
Path: Grew in each survey (256 in 2021-22)

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

Largest grade: Kindergarten (34)
Smallest grade: Grade 12 (14)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades
High school grades: Average 17; lower grades 29

The school year

Days in the school year: 183
Length of the school day: 7 hours 35 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,390
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Texas: 7 days longer 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

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 9.3 here; median 8.5 at 383 TX combined schools
Size in Bexar County: Larger than 57 of 70 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.

First Baptist Academy of Universal City tuition, and what TEFA pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: $6,821
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: $7,126
Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27: $7,429

Annual tuition is $6,821.60 (K-5), $7,126.12 (6-8) and $7,429.54 (9-12), shown here in whole dollars; payable in 12 or 10 payments or in full, with 10% to 20% multi-child discounts. The school posts Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFA) application materials.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from First Baptist Academy of Universal City's tuition sheet, checked October 6, 2026.

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 First Baptist Academy of Universal City?

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

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 TEFA award for that grade band.
Change them for your child’s grade.

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
South Texas Institute of Christian Education ✓	PreK-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	2
St. Monica Catholic School - Converse ✓	PreK-8	not reported	not reported	not reported	2
Our Lady of Perpetual Help School ✓	PreK-8	274	12.5	Roman Catholic	2
Converse Christian Sch and Early Learning Center ✓	PreK-1	10	2.8	Christian (nondenominational)	3
River City Believers Academy ✓	PreK-12	180	9.3	Christian (nondenominational)	3
Prenda Microschool: Roots Nature Academy San Antonio ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				4
Pinnacle Montessori of Schertz	PreK-K	5	2.5	Nonsectarian	6
San Antonio Country Day Montessori School ✓	PreK-7	64	8.4	Nonsectarian	7

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