Orion High School, Midland TX: K-12, Accepts TEFA

Tuition: Not published
Grades: K-12
Students (K-12): 153
Students per teacher: 22.5
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Midland center: 2.9 miles

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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

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School facts

Teachers: 12
Student body: Coeducational
Program: Alternative
Boys and girls: 33% boys, 67% girls
Go on to a 4-year college: 95%
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

2021-22 to 2023-24: 291 to 153, down 138 (47%)

Students by grade, 2023-24

Largest grade: Grade 12 (30)
Smallest grade: Kindergarten (5)
Across the grades: Classes fill up toward the upper grades
High school grades: Average 18; lower grades 9

The school year

Days in the school year: 200
Length of the school day: 8 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,600
Kindergarten: Full day and half day offered, 3 days a week
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Texas: 24 days longer than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
School day, against Texas: 45 minutes longer 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: 22.5 here; median 8.5 at 383 TX combined schools
Size in Midland County: Larger than 4 of 7 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.

Orion High School tuition, and what TEFA pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet

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 Orion High 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
New Mexico Trinity PRP ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				<1
Crestview Baptist Early Childhood Center	PreK-K	11	11	Baptist	<1
Midland Montessori School	PreK-6	105	5	Nonsectarian	1
Primrose School of Midland at Westridge ✓	PreK-K	12	6	Nonsectarian	2
Grace Lutheran Early Childhood Program	PreK-K	10	9.1	Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)	2
Midland Christian School ✓	PreK-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	2
Trinity School	PreK-12	612	8.3	Episcopal	2
First Baptist Child Development Center	PreK-K	36	20	Baptist	2

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Orion High School

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