St. Mary of the Purification Catholic School
3002 Rosedale St., Houston, TX 77004Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-5
- Students (K-12)
- 90
- Students per teacher
- 7.9
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Houston center
- 4.7 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
- 12
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Galveston-Houston, TX
- Boys and girls
- 59% boys, 41% 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
- 128 to 90, down 38 (30%)
- Path
- Peaked at 186 in 2021-22, then fell below where it started
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 4 (19)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 5 (9)
- Average a grade
- About 15
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 171
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 20 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,250
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 5 days shorter than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- About the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 7.9 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Harris County
- Larger than 50 of 168 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. Mary of the Purification Catholic School tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $15,000 to $33,790 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
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. Mary of the Purification Catholic School?
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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
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Peter Catholic High School | $15,000 | 2027-28 | 1.2 |
| Presbyterian School | $28,410 to $33,790 | 2026-27 | 1.4 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Melinda Webb School ✓ | PreK-K | 5 | <1 |
| Community Preschools at Eastex ✓ | PreK-2 | not reported | <1 |
| Wheeler Avenue Christian Academy | PreK-K | 6 | <1 |
| Montessori School Downtown ✓ | K-2 | 17 | 1 |
| St. Peter Catholic High School ✓ | 9-12 | not reported | 1 |
| St. Paul's School | PreK-K | 10 | 1 |
| Presbyterian School | PreK-8 | 567 | 1 |
| The Joy School | K-8 | 159 | 1 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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