Yeshiva Torat Emet Tuition 2026-27: $12,000 to $16,500

Tuition, 2026-27: From $12,000
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 316
Students per teacher: 10.5
Affiliation: Jewish
From Houston center: 11.7 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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

Tuition: $12,000 (K to 5, 2026-27)
Award: about $10,474
Left to pay: about $1,526, before fees

Award $10,474 Left to pay $1,526

Tuition: the school’s website, checked October 6, 2026.
Award: Texas Education Freedom Accounts, official site (Texas Comptroller), read October 9, 2026.
Lowest listed grade band; fees and aid not included. Change the numbers

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School facts

Teachers: 35
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 73% boys, 27% 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: 229 to 316, up 87 (38%)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Kindergarten (49)
Smallest grade: Grade 6 (18)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades

The school year

Days in the school year: 173
Length of the school day: 8 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,380
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: No
Year, against Texas: 3 days shorter 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

Students vs county median

Students per teacher: 10.5 here; median 8.1 at 474 TX elementary schools
Size in Harris County: Larger than 124 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.

Yeshiva Torat Emet tuition, and what TEFA pays

Grades K to 5, 2026-27: From $12,000
Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27: From $16,500

Kindergarten (8:15 to 2:00) is $12,000, grades 1 to 4 are $15,600 and grades 5 to 8 are $16,500 (lowest rate in each band shown). Early childhood through Pre-K is $9,950.

What is left after the award: worked out at the top of this page.

Tuition from Yeshiva Torat Emet's website, checked October 6, 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 Yeshiva Torat Emet?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms TEFA award Children

Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (K to 5, 2026-27).
Award filled in: the 2026-27 TEFA award for that grade band.
Change them for your child’s grade.

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Yeshiva Torat Emet admissions

Deadline: Not given on the admissions page we checked

Enrollment is open for the 2026-27 school year through an online application form.

Source: school website, checked October 6, 2026. Dates can change, so confirm them with the admissions office. Other schools' application deadlines.

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Torah Girls Academy of Texas ✓	9-12	33	2.4	Jewish, all-girls	<1
Torah Day School ✓	PreK-8	114	8	Jewish	<1
Nigri Jewish Online School (Digital Learning) ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				<1
Mesivta of Houston ✓	9-12	not reported	not reported	not reported	<1
Bethel's Family Christian Academy ✓	PreK-5	not reported	not reported	not reported	1
Westbury Christian School ✓	PreK-12	299	8	Church of Christ	1
St. Thomas More Parish School ✓	PreK-8	247	12.6	Roman Catholic	1
Prenda Microschool: Rare Gold Microschool Houston ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2

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