Hill Country Christian School of San Marcos
1401 Davis Ln, San Marcos, TX 78666Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- $6,250
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 211
- Students per teacher
- 9.2
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From San Marcos center
- 2.0 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
- Tuition
- $6,250 (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 website, checked October 11, 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
School facts
- Teachers
- 23
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 56% boys, 44% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 69%
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 1 and grade 11 (20 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (7)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 16
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 144
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,120
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 4 days a week
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Texas
- 32 days shorter than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 9.2 here; median 8.5 at 383 TX combined schools
- Size in Hays County
- Larger than 9 of 10 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.
Hill Country Christian School of San Marcos tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $6,250
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $6,250
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $6,250
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from Hill Country Christian School of San Marcos's website, checked October 11, 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 Hill Country Christian School of San Marcos?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees TEFA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- 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.
- Ask the school
- Whether its published 2026-27 tuition is still current; 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Godfrey Learning Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Seventh Adventist Jr Academy | PreK-10 | 47 | 3 |
| Advent Ridge Academy ✓ | PreK-10 | not reported | 3 |
| Wonderland School ✓ | PreK-5 | 44 | 4 |
| Paloma Montessori School ✓ | PreK-1 | 32 | 5 |
| San Marcos Baptist Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 318 | 6 |
| La Casa Dei Bambini Kyle Montessori | PreK-K | 7 | 7 |
| Cei Preschool Spanish Immersion School | K | 8 | 9 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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