St. Joseph Elementary School, Yoakum TX: Accepts TEFA

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 83
Students per teacher: 7.7
Affiliation: Roman Catholic

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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

Net cost: Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. Check the school’s website

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School facts

Teachers: 13
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Diocese of Victoria, TX
Boys and girls: 54% boys, 46% girls
Setting: Town

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: 68 to 83, up 15 (22%)
Path: Grew in each survey (79 in 2021-22)

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

Largest grade: Kindergarten and grade 3 (14 each)
Smallest grade: Grade 6 (4)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours 35 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,360
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
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: 20 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 7.7 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. Joseph Elementary School tuition, and what TEFA pays

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

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 Elementary School?

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

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	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Shiner Catholic School ✓	PreK-12	246	8.4	Roman Catholic	9
Sacred Heart Catholic School ✓	PreK-12	320	11.9	Roman Catholic	16
St. Michaels Catholic School ✓	PreK-5	49	7	Roman Catholic	16
Emmanuel Christian School	K-12	20	5	Christian (nondenominational)	23
St. Rose of Lima Catholic School ✓	PreK-8	123	7.9	Roman Catholic	30
Northside Baptist School	PreK-6	62	10.3	Baptist	33
The Vine School ✓	Ungraded	72	5.5	Nonsectarian	33
Our Lady of Victory School ✓	PreK-8	432	12.7	Roman Catholic	34

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St. Joseph Elementary School

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