Paloma Montessori School
125 W McCarty Ln, San Marcos, TX 78666Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-1
- Students (K-12)
- 32
- Students per teacher
- 8
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From San Marcos center
- 3.3 miles
Can you use TEFA here?
✓ On the TEFA list for PreK to K
- State list
- Includes this school, for PreK to K only
- 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
- 4
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 28% boys, 72% girls
- Setting
- Rural
- Member of
- American Montessori Society
- 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
- 70 to 32, down 38 (54%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (20)
- Smallest grade
- Transitional kindergarten (5)
- Average a grade
- About 11
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 188
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,320
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 12 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
- 8 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Hays County
- Smallest of the 11 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.
Paloma Montessori 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 Paloma Montessori School?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advent Ridge Academy ✓ | PreK-10 | not reported | 3 |
| Seventh Adventist Jr Academy | PreK-10 | 47 | 3 |
| Wonderland School ✓ | PreK-5 | 44 | 4 |
| San Marcos Baptist Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 318 | 4 |
| Hill Country Christian School of San Marcos ✓ | PreK-12 | 211 | 5 |
| Godfrey Learning Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 6 | |
| Cross Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 215 | 11 |
| La Casa Dei Bambini Kyle Montessori | PreK-K | 7 | 11 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
- All private schools near San Marcos
- Montessori schools in Texas
- Private elementary schools in Texas
- Private schools with kindergarten in Texas
- Private schools with pre-K in Texas
- Private schools in Hays County
- Texas Education Freedom Accounts: amount and eligibility
- All Texas Education Freedom Accounts schools
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