St. Joseph Catholic School, Richardson TX Tuition: $10,900

Tuition, 2026-27: $10,900
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 283
Students per teacher: 11.4
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
From Richardson center: 2.6 miles

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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

Tuition: $10,900 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $10,474
Left to pay: about $426, before fees

Award $10,474 Left to pay $426

Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 6, 2026.
Award: Texas Education Freedom Accounts, official site (Texas Comptroller), read October 9, 2026.
Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers

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School facts

Teachers: 25
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Diocese of Dallas, TX
Boys and girls: 48% boys, 52% girls
Setting: City

Member of: National Catholic Educational Association

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: 254 to 283, up 29 (11%)
Path: Dipped to 249 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 6 (44)
Smallest grade: Grade 4 (23)
Average a grade: About 31

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 vs county median

Students per teacher: 11.4 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
Size in Dallas County: Larger than 68 of 100 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.

St. Joseph Catholic School tuition, and what TEFA pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: $10,900
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: $10,900
By grade: Rates vary within these bands (details below)

PreK to grade 8 tuition is $10,900 per student; contributing St. Joseph parishioners pay $9,300 for the first student, $8,725 for the second, $7,550 for the third and $6,300 for the fourth. Cost to educate is $11,646.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from St. Joseph Catholic School's website, checked October 6, 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 St. Joseph Catholic School?

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

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 TEFA award for that grade band.
Change them for your child’s grade.

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Prenda Microschool: Rootwork Learning Garland ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				<1
Willow Oaks Micro Academy ✓	PreK-2	not reported	not reported	not reported	<1
Brighter Horizons Academy ✓	1-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	1
Salam Academy ✓	PreK-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	2
Prenda Microschool: Arga Academics ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
Care Child Development Center	K-Transitional K	4	4	Church of Christ	2
Autism Treatment Center Day School Program	2-12	34	4.2	Nonsectarian	2
I A N T Quranic Academy ✓	PreK-12	355	8.2	Islamic	3

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