St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School
6802 Buffalo Speedway, Houston, TX 77025Checked against the official list (dated October 26, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 470
- Students per teacher
- 16.3
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Houston center
- 6.1 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
School facts
- Teachers
- 30
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Galveston-Houston, TX
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% 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
- 470 to 470, no change
- Path
- The same in all three surveys
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 5 (56)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (45)
- Average a grade
- About 52
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 175
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,230
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 1 day shorter than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- 15 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 16.3 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Harris County
- Larger than 146 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. Vincent de Paul Catholic School tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet
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. Vincent de Paul Catholic School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees TEFA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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- 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 | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Mark's Episcopal School | PreK-8 | 367 | <1 |
| St. Nicholas School ✓ | PreK-5 | 4 | 1 |
| Faith Lutheran Day School ✓ | PreK-K | 9 | 2 |
| Prenda Microschool: Ladies and Gents Private Academy Houston ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| Episcopal High School Bellaire | 9-12 | 821 | 2 |
| Dyslexia School of Houston ✓ | PreK-8 | not reported | 2 |
| Beth Yeshurun Day School | PreK-5 | 172 | 2 |
| The Post Oak School | PreK-12 | 340 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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