Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran School
6914 Wurzbach Rd, San Antonio, TX 78240Checked against the official list (dated October 26, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 195
- Students per teacher
- 5.1
- Affiliation
- Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)
- From San Antonio center
- 4.6 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
- 40
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 61% boys, 39% girls
- 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
- 2019-20 to 2023-24
- 191 to 195, up 4 (2%)
- Path
- Dipped to 183 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 3 (30)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (14)
- Average a grade
- About 22
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 183
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours 20 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,520
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 7 days longer than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- 65 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 5.1 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Bexar County
- Larger than 44 of 70 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.
Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran 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 Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran School?
Use $0 or more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Luke Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 413 | 1 |
| International School of San Antonio ✓ | PreK-3 | 20 | 1 |
| The Winston School San Antonio ✓ | K-12 | 169 | 1 |
| Prenda Microschool: QL Academy San Antonio ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Tsa - Modern Samurai Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Montessori Children's House ✓ | PreK-Transitional K | 3 | 2 |
| St. Gregory the Great Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 136 | 3 |
| Tripoint Schools ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
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