St. Rose of Lima Catholic School, Houston TX Tuition: $9,750

Tuition, 2026-27: $9,750
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 353
Students per teacher: 10.6
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
From Houston center: 2.8 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: $9,750 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $10,474
Left to pay: about $0: the award covers the full listed price, before fees

Award $10,474 Left to pay $0

Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 5, 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: 34
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Diocese of Galveston-Houston, TX
Boys and girls: 51% boys, 49% 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: 340 to 353, up 13 (4%)
Path: Dipped to 303 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 1 (51)
Smallest grade: Grade 7 (28)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades

The school year

Days in the school year: 178
Length of the school day: 7 hours 30 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,340
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
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: 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: 10.6 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
Size in Harris County: Larger than 130 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. Rose of Lima Catholic School tuition, and what TEFA pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: $9,750
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: $9,750

Grades 1 to 8 $9,750 and PK3 to kindergarten $10,250; a $600 supply fee per student and a technology fee for grades 4 to 8 are extra.

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

Tuition from St. Rose of Lima Catholic School's website, checked October 5, 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. Rose of Lima 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
Lutheran High North	6-12	103	8.2	Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)	<1
Homestem Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				1
St. Pius X High School ✓	9-12	558	14	Roman Catholic	2
Inspire Center ✓	PreK-6	not reported	not reported	not reported	2
The Gateway Academy ✓	6-12	76	3.2	Nonsectarian	2
Journey School of Houston ✓	1-7	10	3.3	Nonsectarian	2
St. Ambrose School ✓	PreK-8	231	6.6	Roman Catholic	3
St. Theresa Catholic School ✓	PreK-8	311	10.7	Roman Catholic	3

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