Prenda Microschool: Rare Gold Microschool Houston, TX

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.

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

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

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
M.P.J. Academy of Excellence	9-12	72	36	Nonsectarian	<1
Knowledge-First Empowerment Academy ✓	6-12	115	13.5	Nonsectarian	1
Marian High School (Nti Career Institute) ✓	9-12	150	15	Nonsectarian	1
Horizon Leadership Academy ✓	PreK-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	2
Mesivta of Houston ✓	9-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	2
Nigri Jewish Online School (Digital Learning) ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
Torah Day School ✓	PreK-8	114	8	Jewish	2
Yeshiva Torat Emet ✓	PreK-8	316	10.5	Jewish	2

On the program’s official list Other private schools

No new TEFA application dates are posted yet. How TEFA works.