The Circle School
217 Pershing Ave, San Antonio, TX 78209Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 74
- Students per teacher
- 8.7
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From San Antonio center
- 3.6 miles
Can you use TEFA here?
✓ On the TEFA list for PreK
- State list
- Includes this school, for PreK only
- 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. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 11
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 47% boys, 53% 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
- 79 to 74, down 5 (6%)
- Path
- Dipped to 73 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
- Kindergarten and grade 4 (12 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (2)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 171
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,200
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 5 days 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
- 8.7 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Bexar County
- Larger than 22 of 70 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.
The Circle School tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $8,640 to $29,900 a year, published by 4 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 The Circle 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Acorn - A School for Young Children | $8,640 | 2026-27 | 0.3 |
| Incarnate Word High School | $14,400 | 2026-27 | 0.8 |
| St. Anthony Catholic High School | $13,078 | 2026-27 | 1.5 |
| San Antonio Academy of Texas | $23,700 to $29,900 | 2026-27 | 1.9 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Acorn - A School for Young Children ✓ | PreK-K | 21 | <1 |
| Incarnate Word High School ✓ | 9-12 | 318 | <1 |
| Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children | PreK-4 | 109 | 1 |
| St. Pauls Episcopal Montessori School ✓ | PreK-6 | 42 | 1 |
| St. Anthony Catholic High School ✓ | 9-12 | 241 | 2 |
| Keystone School | PreK-12 | 419 | 2 |
| San Antonio Academy of Texas ✓ | PreK-8 | 295 | 2 |
| St. Lukes Episcopal School ✓ | PreK-8 | 204 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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- Texas Education Freedom Accounts: amount and eligibility
- All Texas Education Freedom Accounts schools
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