✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades KNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Special education schools in Houston, TX
11 in Houston or within 6 miles; schools in Houston itself count at any distance from downtown. 7 are on the state’s TEFA list. Schools whose main program is special education.
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 6-1276 students3.2 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed20% to 4-year college
✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-KNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Westview School
11 mi✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreK-896 students4.4 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
The Parish School
11 mi✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades PreKNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
River Oaks Academy
11 mi✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 3-1238 students3.5 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed10% to 4-year college
The Briarwood School
13 mi✓ Texas Education Freedom AccountsGrades 1-11272 students2.9 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
The Joy School
4 miGrades K-8159 students3.7 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades PreK-Transitional 1st19 students3.8 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Grades 1-633 students5.5 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
The Hub Houston
8 miGrades 9-1225 students3.6 students per teacherNonsectarianSpecial educationCo-ed
Special education schools near Houston by the numbers
- Where
- all 11 in Houston
- Students
- about 718 in all; the typical school has 76
- Smallest and largest
- Caroline School/Easter Seals Childrens Therapy, 19 students; The Briarwood School, 272 students
- Students per teacher
- 3.7 typical, 2.5 to 8.1 across 11 schools
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 1, the National Association of Private Special Education Centers
- Verified tuition
- The Briarwood School $31,000
- State program
- Education savings account, $10,474 per private school student for 2026-27
How TEFA works
- Nonsectarian11
- Pre-K (and up)3
- Elementary (K to 5)8
- Middle (6 to 8)6
- High school (9 to 12)4
- Under 504
- 50 to 1492
- 150 to 2992
- Special education schools here64%
- 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.
- Tuition for 1 school: each school’s own website, last read October 6, 2026.
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