Vanguard Preparatory School
4240 Sigma Rd, Dallas, TX 75244Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- 1-12
- Students (K-12)
- 94
- Students per teacher
- 4.9
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
- From Dallas center
- 10.7 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
- 20
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Special education
- Boys and girls
- 78% boys, 22% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 16%
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 100 to 94, down 6 (6%)
- Path
- Dipped to 90 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- 3 grades (12 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 4 (2)
- Across the grades
- Classes fill up toward the upper grades
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 8
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 171
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,110
- 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
- 45 minutes shorter than the median of 7 hours 15 minutes (1,252 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 4.9 here; median 8.5 at 383 TX combined schools
- Size in Dallas County
- Larger than 34 of 100 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.
Vanguard Preparatory School tuition, and what TEFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $19,090 to $25,195 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 Vanguard Preparatory 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 Westwood School | $21,025 to $25,195 | 2026-27 | 0.6 |
| St. Rita Catholic School | $19,090 to $19,190 | 2026-27 | 1.5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| It's A Sensory World! ✓ | PreK-12 | not reported | <1 |
| Parish Episcopal School | PreK-12 | 1,115 | <1 |
| The Westwood School ✓ | PreK-12 | 216 | <1 |
| Dominion Prep | 11 | 1 | <1 |
| St. Rita Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 731 | 2 |
| Jesuit College Preparatory High School ✓ | 9-12 | not reported | 2 |
| Rising Aviation High School ✓ | 9-12 | not reported | 2 |
| Primrose of Prestonwood | PreK-Transitional K | 41 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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