Holy Family Catholic School
under 1 mi✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-847 students4.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Private schools in Galveston, TX
4 schools in Galveston itself and 2 more within 12 miles. 4 of them are on the state’s TEFA list. TEFA pays $10,474 per private school student for 2026-27.
Order: schools on the official TEFA list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Galveston (4)
No matching schools.
O'Connell College Preparatory School
under 1 mi✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 9-1280 students4.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed95% to 4-year college
Upward Hope Academy
under 1 mi✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 9-1283 students21.3 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed2% to 4-year college
Satori Elementary
under 1 miGrades PreK-619 students2.8 students per teacherNonsectarianCo-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (2)
No matching schools.
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-838 students7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-4Under 10 K-12 studentsBaptistCo-ed
Galveston private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Holy Family Catholic School, under 1 mi
- Nearby schools by town
- Texas City (2)
- Students
- about 276 in all; the typical school has 47
- Smallest and largest
- Satori Elementary, 19 students; Upward Hope Academy, 83 students
- Students per teacher
- 4.7 typical, 2.8 to 21.3 across 6 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 1, the National Catholic Educational Association
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 4, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in Galveston
- Catholic3
- Christian, not Catholic1
- Nonsectarian2
In GalvestonWithin 12 mi
- Pre-K (and up)4
- Elementary (K to 5)4
- Middle (6 to 8)3
- High school (9 to 12)2
In GalvestonWithin 12 mi
- Under 503
- 50 to 1492
- Galveston area67%
- All of Texas73%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Texas Education Freedom Accounts schools, list dated October 26, 2026, checked November 2, 2026.
- Award and rules: Texas Education Freedom Accounts, official page, read October 8, 2026.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
What Texas pays
- Program
- Texas Education Freedom Accounts, education savings account
- Award
- $10,474 per private school student for 2026-27
- Also
- More for students with disabilities; $2,000 for homeschooled students.
Keep looking
- Catholic schools in and around Galveston (3)
- Private elementary schools in and around Galveston (4)
- Private middle schools in and around Galveston (3)
- All schools in Galveston County
- Private schools in Texas City (11 mi)
- Private schools in Dickinson (19 mi)
- Private schools in League City (23 mi)
- Private schools in Friendswood (28 mi)
- Private schools in Pasadena (33 mi)
- Private schools in Baytown (34 mi)
- Private schools in Pearland (36 mi)
- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Texas Education Freedom Accounts schools
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