Macedonian Christian Academy
135 State Highway 495, Alamo, TX 78516Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 204
- Students per teacher
- 9.8
- Affiliation
- Baptist
- From Weslaco center
- 7.1 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
- Net cost
- Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 23
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 55% boys, 45% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 50%
- Setting
- Suburb
- Member of
- American Association of Christian Schools
- 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
- 183 to 204, up 21 (11%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 5 (20)
- Smallest grade
- Kindergarten (6)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 16
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 45 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,330
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Texas
- 4 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
- 9.8 here; median 8.5 at 383 TX combined schools
- Size in Hidalgo County
- Larger than 13 of 17 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.
Macedonian Christian Academy tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found 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 Macedonian Christian 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
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Christian Heritage School ✓ | PreK-12 | 37 | 2 |
| The Pharr Oratory of St. Philip Neri School System ✓ | PreK-8 | 124 | 5 |
| Mid Valley Christian School ✓ | PreK-11 | 90 | 6 |
| San Martin de Porres Catholic School ✓ | K-3 | 17 | 7 |
| St. Matthew's Episcopal School | PreK-5 | 39 | 7 |
| The Discovery School ✓ | PreK-6 | 67 | 7 |
| PFC Mario Ybarra Elementary | PreK-5 | 142 | 8 |
| Kids Village Montessori Lrnng | PreK-K | 12 | 8 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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