Kenmont Montessori School, Brownsville TX: Accepts TEFA

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 236
Students per teacher: 7.8
Affiliation: Nonsectarian
From Brownsville center: 3.7 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

Directions Add to compare

School facts

Teachers: 31
Student body: Coeducational
Program: Montessori
Boys and girls: 42% boys, 58% girls
Setting: City

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

Where this comes from. Something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.

Students and school year

Enrollment over time

2019-20 to 2023-24: 250 to 236, down 14 (6%)
Path: Peaked at 270 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started

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

Largest grade: Grade 1 and grade 6 (40 each)
Smallest grade: Grade 8 (13)
Average a grade: About 26

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,260
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: No
Year, against Texas: 4 days longer than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
School day, against Texas: 15 minutes shorter 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: 7.8 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
Size in Cameron County: Larger than 11 of 14 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.

Kenmont Montessori School tuition, and what TEFA pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet

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 Kenmont Montessori 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
In the Presence of God Coram Deo Classical Academy	2-12	20	4.9	Christian (nondenominational)	<1
St. Mary's Catholic School ✓	PreK-6	396	16.5	Roman Catholic	<1
Episcopal Day School ✓	PreK-6	205	11.8	Episcopal	<1
Brownsville Montessori Academy	PreK-4	33	3.7	Nonsectarian	1
First Baptist School ✓	PreK-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	1
St. Joseph Academy ✓	7-12	460	6.7	Roman Catholic	2
Marias Montessori School	K-1	23	5.8	Nonsectarian	2
Youthbuild Brownsville ✓	9-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	2

On the program’s official list Other private schools

Keep looking

No new TEFA application dates are posted yet. How TEFA works.

Run this school? Update this listing for free. School staff: add the official list badge to your website.

Kenmont Montessori School

Key facts