San Juan Diego Catholic Regional High School
5208 S Fm 494, Mission, TX 78572Checked against the official list (dated October 26, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 68
- Students per teacher
- 9.7
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From McAllen center
- 7.0 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
School facts
- Teachers
- 7
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brownsville, TX
- Boys and girls
- 37% boys, 63% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 90%
- Setting
- Rural
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 11 (23)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (13)
- Average a grade
- About 17
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,350
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 4 days longer than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 9.7 here; median 10.1 at 66 TX secondary schools
- Size in Hidalgo County
- Larger than 7 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
San Juan Diego Catholic Regional 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 San Juan Diego Catholic Regional High 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juan Diego Academy | 9-12 | 67 | <1 |
| Our Lady of Sorrows School ✓ | PreK-8 | not reported | 7 |
| Covenant Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-10 | 307 | 8 |
| St. Paul Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 88 | 8 |
| St. Johns Episcopal Day School ✓ | PreK-7 | 226 | 8 |
| South Texas Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 212 | 9 |
| The Pharr Oratory of St. Philip Neri School System ✓ | PreK-8 | 124 | 10 |
| Kids Village Montessori Lrnng | PreK-K | 12 | 10 |
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