Northwest Hills Christian School
8511 Heath Cir Dr, San Antonio, TX 78250Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 144
- Students per teacher
- 9
- Affiliation
- Baptist
- From San Antonio center
- 7.6 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
- 16
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 50% boys, 50% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- Association of Christian Schools International
- 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
- 116 to 144, up 28 (24%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (134 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (28)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (8)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 174
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- 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
- 2 days shorter than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- About the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 9 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Bexar County
- Larger than 36 of 70 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.
Northwest Hills Christian School tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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 Northwest Hills Christian School?
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Tuition and fees TEFA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Valley Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-9 | 57 | 1 |
| Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 195 | 3 |
| Kids R Kids No. 57 Liberty Field ✓ | PreK-K | 15 | 3 |
| Tsa - Modern Samurai Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Scenic Hills Christian Academy ✓ | K-12 | 154 | 4 |
| Primrose School of Alamo Ranch ✓ | PreK-K | 11 | 4 |
| The Winston School San Antonio ✓ | K-12 | 169 | 4 |
| St. Luke Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 413 | 4 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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