School in the Hills, River Place
10819 Ranch Rd 2222, Austin, TX 78730Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-6
- Students (K-12)
- 94
- Students per teacher
- 8.6
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Austin center
- 8.7 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. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 13
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Montessori
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% girls
- Setting
- City
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (25)
- Smallest grade
- Transitional kindergarten and grade 6 (3 each)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 169
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,270
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 7 days shorter 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
- 8.6 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Travis County
- Larger than 26 of 54 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.
School in the Hills, River Place tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
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 School in the Hills, River Place?
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bridges Academy Austin ✓ | 1-9 | 30 | 3 |
| School in the Hills ✓ | PreK-K | 13 | 3 |
| Acton Academy Northwest Austin ✓ | K-12 | not reported | 4 |
| The Nest at Anderson Mill ✓ | PreK-6 | not reported | 5 |
| Lake Hills Montessori Austin Campus | PreK-K | 3 | 5 |
| First Foundations Primary ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 5 | |
| Lake Travis STEM Academy ✓ | 1-12 | 40 | 5 |
| Texas Sports Academy ✓ | K-12 | not reported | 5 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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