St. Thomas More Parish School
5927 Wigton, Houston, TX 77096Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 247
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Houston center
- 10.3 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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 20
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Galveston-Houston, TX
- Boys and girls
- 53% boys, 47% 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
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 7 (37)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 1 (17)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 172
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,290
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 4 days shorter 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
- 12.6 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Harris County
- Larger than 111 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
St. Thomas More Parish School tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $12,000 to $24,000 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. Thomas More Parish 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury Christian School | $17,500 to $24,000 | 2026-27 | 0.1 |
| Yeshiva Torat Emet | $12,000 to $16,500 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westbury Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 299 | <1 |
| The Shlenker School | PreK-5 | 191 | <1 |
| Nigri Jewish Online School (Digital Learning) ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Torah Day School ✓ | PreK-8 | 114 | 1 |
| Yeshiva Torat Emet ✓ | PreK-8 | 316 | 1 |
| Montessori Learning Institute | PreK-8 | 45 | 2 |
| Ohr Zahava School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Torah Girls Academy of Texas ✓ | 9-12 | 33 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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