St. Mary School
931 N Weaver St., Gainesville, TX 76240Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 120
- Students per teacher
- 6.9
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
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
School facts
- Teachers
- 18
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Ft. Worth, TX
- Boys and girls
- 65% boys, 35% 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
- 107 to 120, up 13 (12%)
- Path
- Dipped to 99 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 7 (20)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (6)
- Average a grade
- About 13
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 178
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 40 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,370
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 2 days longer than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- 25 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.9 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. Mary School tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $7,500 to $12,200 a year, published by 3 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 School?
Use $0 or more.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Catholic School | $7,500 to $8,000 | 2026-27 | 13.1 |
| Denton Calvary Academy | $8,069 to $10,252 | 2026-27 | 27.6 |
| Texoma Christian School | $8,950 to $12,200 | 2026-27 | 28.6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacred Heart Catholic School ✓ | PreK-12 | 180 | 13 |
| Acton Acres Adventure Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 19 | |
| Saint Francis Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 21 | |
| Immaculate Conception Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 137 | 27 |
| Denton Calvary Academy ✓ | K-12 | 266 | 28 |
| The Koan School ✓ | K-12 | 81 | 28 |
| Texoma Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 259 | 29 |
| Brilliant Microschools ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 29 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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- Texas Education Freedom Accounts: amount and eligibility
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