Knowledge-First Empowerment Academy
PO Box 31695, Houston, TX 77231Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 6-12
- Students (K-12)
- 115
- Students per teacher
- 13.5
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Houston center
- 12.2 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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 10
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 55% boys, 45% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 25%
- 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
- 37 to 115, up 78 (211%)
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 12 (26)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 6 and grade 8 (9 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 21; lower grades 10
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,400
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 4 days longer 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
- 13.5 here; median 8.5 at 383 TX combined schools
- Size in Harris County
- Larger than 65 of 168 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.
Knowledge-First Empowerment Academy tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $28,400 to $29,970 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
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 Knowledge-First Empowerment Academy?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees TEFA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- 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
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory | $28,400 | 2026-27 | 2.0 |
| Strake Jesuit College Prep School | $29,970 | 2026-27 | 2.0 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marian High School (Nti Career Institute) ✓ | 9-12 | 150 | <1 |
| Psat Academy (Digital Learning) ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Prenda Microschool: Rare Gold Microschool Houston ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 1 | |
| M.P.J. Academy of Excellence | 9-12 | 72 | 1 |
| Horizon Leadership Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | not reported | 2 |
| St. Agnes Academy College Preparatory | 9-12 | 934 | 2 |
| Strake Jesuit College Prep School ✓ | 9-12 | 1,390 | 2 |
| St. Francis de Sales School ✓ | PreK-8 | 208 | 2 |
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