✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8311 students10.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Catholic schools in Houston, TX
29 in Houston or within 6 miles; schools in Houston itself count at any distance from downtown. 26 are on the state’s TEFA list. Parochial, diocesan and independent Catholic schools.
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 9-12248 students8.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicAll-girls100% to 4-year college
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8353 students10.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8195 students15.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8419 students16.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 9-12558 students14 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed100% to 4-year college
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-590 students7.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-874 students6.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8231 students6.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8426 students11.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8207 students12.5 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8470 students16.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-5Under 10 K-12 studentsRoman CatholicMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8153 students12.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8125 students8.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-12210 students14.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicMontessoriCo-ed100% to 4-year college
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8130 students8.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8151 students11.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 9-12472 students11.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed100% to 4-year college
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8208 students6.9 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8247 students12.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 9-121,390 students10 students per teacherRoman CatholicAll-boys98% to 4-year college
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8100 students8.4 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8180 students13.8 students per teacherRoman CatholicSpecial program emphasisCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8413 students16.3 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-8101 students7.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Grades PreK-8257 students7.6 students per teacherRoman CatholicAll-boys
Grades PreK-12713 students8.1 students per teacherRoman CatholicAll-girls100% to 4-year college
Grades 9-12934 students12.7 students per teacherRoman CatholicAll-girls100% to 4-year college
Catholic schools near Houston by the numbers
- Where
- all 29 in Houston
- Students
- about 9,370 in all; the typical school has 247
- Smallest and largest
- Resurrection Catholic School, 74 students; Strake Jesuit College Prep School, 1,390 students
- Students per teacher
- 11.2 typical, 6.5 to 16.8 across 28 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- 3 all-girls and 2 all-boys; the rest co-ed
- Association members
- 22, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- To a 4-year college
- 100% of graduates at the typical high school (7 reporting)
- Upcoming application deadlines
- 1 school; soonest Incarnate Word Academy, December 14, 2026
- State program
- Education savings account, $10,474 per private school student for 2026-27
How TEFA works
- Pre-K (and up)24
- Elementary (K to 5)24
- Middle (6 to 8)22
- High school (9 to 12)7
- K to 12, one school2
- 50 to 1496
- 150 to 29911
- 300 to 5998
- 600 or more3
- Catholic schools here90%
- All of Texas73%
Lowest$8,000Middle$22,850Highest$29,970
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.
- Tuition for 9 schools: each school’s own website, last read October 12, 2026.
- Deadlines, 1 school: each school’s admissions page, last read October 6, 2026.
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