The Pharr Oratory of St. Philip Neri School System
505 S Ironwood, Pharr, TX 78577Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 124
- Students per teacher
- 10.8
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From McAllen center
- 5.3 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. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 13
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Brownsville, TX
- Boys and girls
- 49% boys, 51% 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
- 179 to 124, down 55 (31%)
- Path
- Dipped to 99 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 (20)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (6)
- Average a grade
- About 14
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 181
- Length of the school day
- 8 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,450
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Texas
- 5 days longer than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- 45 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.8 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
- Size in Hidalgo County
- Larger than 11 of 17 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 Pharr Oratory of St. Philip Neri School System tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 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 The Pharr Oratory of St. Philip Neri School System?
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
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Christian Heritage School ✓ | PreK-12 | 37 | 3 |
| St. Paul Lutheran School ✓ | PreK-8 | 88 | 4 |
| Our Lady of Sorrows School ✓ | PreK-8 | not reported | 4 |
| St. Johns Episcopal Day School ✓ | PreK-7 | 226 | 4 |
| Kids Village Montessori Lrnng | PreK-K | 12 | 5 |
| Macedonian Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 204 | 5 |
| The Discovery School ✓ | PreK-6 | 67 | 5 |
| The Learning Journey Day School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 5 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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