Loretto Academy
1300 Hardaway, El Paso, TX 79903Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $8,810
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 520
- Students per teacher
- 11.3
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From El Paso center
- 4.1 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
- Tuition
- $8,810 (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 5, 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
- 47
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of El Paso, TX
- Boys and girls
- 8% boys, 92% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 100%
- 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 11 (83)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 and grade 4 (19 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- High school grades
- Average 79; lower grades 23
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
- Yes
- 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
- 11.3 here; median 8.5 at 383 TX combined schools
- Size in El Paso County
- Largest of the 26 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.
Loretto Academy tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $8,810
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $9,150
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $9,275
What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.
Tuition from Loretto Academy's website, checked October 5, 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 Loretto Academy?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radford School ✓ | PreK-12 | 256 | <1 |
| St. Joseph School El Paso ✓ | PreK-8 | not reported | <1 |
| Father Yermo Schools ✓ | 9-12 | 127 | 1 |
| Armed Services CDC | PreK-K | 10 | 3 |
| St. Clement's Parish School ✓ | PreK-8 | 308 | 3 |
| Lydia Patterson Institute | 7-12 | 234 | 4 |
| Immanuel Christian School | PreK-12 | 441 | 4 |
| St. Patrick Cathedral School ✓ | PreK-8 | 124 | 4 |
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