St. Marys Central Catholic School, Odessa TX: Accepts TEFA

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 194
Students per teacher: 13.9
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
From Odessa center: 2.0 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

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

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School facts

Teachers: 14
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Diocese of San Angelo, TX
Boys and girls: 46% boys, 54% 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

2019-20 to 2023-24: 227 to 194, down 33 (15%)
Path: Dipped to 193 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way

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

Largest grade: Grade 5 (33)
Smallest grade: Grade 1 (13)
Average a grade: About 22

The school year

Days in the school year: 169
Length of the school day: 7 hours 40 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,300
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Texas: 7 days shorter 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

Students per teacher: 13.9 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. Marys Central Catholic 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. Marys Central Catholic 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
Kiddie Kollege Preschool	PreK-K	14	14	Christian (nondenominational)	<1
Odessa Christian School ✓	PreK-8	109	8.7	Church of Christ	1
Montessori Mastery School of Odessa ✓	PreK-12	115	18	Presbyterian	2
The Embassy Academy ✓	PreK-12	22	7.3	Christian (nondenominational)	2
St. Johns Episcopal School Odessa ✓	PreK-8	103	7.9	Episcopal	2
Adinvita ✓	PreK-8	not reported	not reported	not reported	3
Crossroads School	PreK-K	13	13	Christian (nondenominational)	5

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St. Marys Central Catholic School

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