St. Augustine Elementary & Middle School, Laredo TX: PreK-8

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 294
Students per teacher: 17.8
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
From Laredo center: 3.4 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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. Check the school’s website

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School facts

Teachers: 17
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Diocese of Laredo, TX
Boys and girls: 54% boys, 46% 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

2021-22 to 2023-24: 291 to 294, up 3 (1%)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Grade 6 (43)
Smallest grade: Kindergarten (21)
Across the grades: Classes fill up toward the upper grades

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
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
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

Students per teacher: 17.8 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools

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.

St. Augustine Elementary & Middle School tuition, and what TEFA pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website

TX

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 St. Augustine Elementary & Middle School?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms TEFA award Children

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
St. Augustine High School ✓	9-12	307	13.7	Roman Catholic	<1
Blessed Sacrament School ✓	PreK-8	266	20.5	Roman Catholic	<1
Champions Christian Academy ✓	PreK-12	99	7.6	Christian (nondenominational)	2
Mary Help of Christians School ✓	PreK-8	363	8.9	Roman Catholic	4
School of Wonder ✓	PreK-K	9	9	Nonsectarian	4
New Harvest Christian Academy ✓	PreK-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	6
United Day School ✓	PreK-8	not reported	not reported	not reported	6

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St. Augustine Elementary & Middle School

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