Upward Hope Academy
PO Box 17108, Galveston, TX 77552Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- 9-12
- Students (K-12)
- 83
- Students per teacher
- 21.3
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Galveston center
- Under 1 mile
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
- 4
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 59% boys, 41% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 2%
- 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
- 75 to 83, up 8 (11%)
- Path
- Dipped to 67 in 2021-22, then passed its earlier level
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Grade 9 (32)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 11 (15)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 182
- Length of the school day
- 5 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 910
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person, virtual and hybrid
- Library or media center
- No
- Year, against Texas
- 6 days longer than the 176-day median of 1,203 schools we list
- School day, against Texas
- 135 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 21.3 here; median 10.1 at 66 TX secondary schools
- Size in Galveston County
- Larger than 9 of 14 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.
Upward Hope Academy tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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 Upward Hope Academy?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Satori Elementary | PreK-6 | 19 | <1 |
| Holy Family Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 47 | <1 |
| O'Connell College Preparatory School ✓ | 9-12 | 80 | <1 |
| Calvary Childhood Education Ministry | PreK-4 | 9 | 9 |
| Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 38 | 9 |
| First Class Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 11 | |
| Abundant Life Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 124 | 14 |
| Aspire Christian Academy | PreK-12 | 15 | 14 |
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