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El Paso Country Day School

Independent & Secular School for grades PK-8 in El Paso. In the TEFA finder. Here's how the funding lines up, what the public record says, and the questions worth asking.

Where this comes from. TEFA participation comes from the Texas Comptroller's participating-school finder, checked October 12, 2026. Enrollment and religious affiliation come from the NCES Private School Survey (U.S. Department of Education). Neither source reports tuition, so get current tuition and fees from the school.

How the money fits

$10,474
TEFA private-school award, 2026-27. It's the same at every grade served here (PK-8).
$15,645 to $16,714
Typical TEFA total with an IEP for an El Paso ISD resident (resource/self-contained to mainstream)
$94,266
What the account adds up to over 9 years, kindergarten through grade 8, at the 2026-27 amount

On October 12, 2026 we found El Paso Country Day School in the Texas Comptroller's list of TEFA participating schools, which means an Education Freedom Account can pay tuition here. The 2026-27 award is $10,474 per student, sent to the school through Odyssey in three installments: a quarter on July 1, another quarter on October 1 and the final half on February 1. Participation requires accreditation from TEA or a TEPSAC-recognized accreditor, at least two years in operation, and a norm-referenced test each year for students in grades 3 through 12.

This school enrolls pre-K students too. The full TEFA award covers a 3- or 4-year-old who meets a state pre-K criterion, and in El Paso the most common are limited English proficiency, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility and a parent on active duty. Kindergarten carries no extra criteria, so a funded child can usually stay on.

Independent schools set their own aid policies. A participating school can take the TEFA award into account when it awards need-based aid, but it can't raise the tuition it charges a TEFA family.

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The school's most recent federal Private School Survey response (2023-24) listed 52 K-12 students, 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a 7.1:1 student-teacher ratio and a 170-day school year.

What to ask the school

  1. Do you take TEFA, and how do you hold a seat for a family whose award comes late?
  2. What does my child's grade cost in tuition and required fees, and which of those fees can be billed to the account?
  3. Do you offer parish, church-member, military or sibling rates, and what aid is available for any balance?
  4. Can you bill on the state's schedule of 25% in July, 25% in October and 50% in February, or do you need a deposit from us first?
  5. Are you an approved TEFA pre-K provider, and do you take child care assistance for after-care?

After grade 8: nearby schools that continue

El Paso Country Day School ends at grade 8. These schools serve grade 9 through 12 and are among the closest:

Nearby schools with their own pages

IEP funding for nearby districts

Home districtTEFA-funded students (Jul 29, 2026)IEP: speech only (00)IEP: mainstream (40)IEP: resource / self-contained (41-44)IEP: residential facility (81-89)
El Paso ISD862$11,378$16,714$15,645$25,395

Totals are the $10,474 base plus the district add-on from the Comptroller's 2026-27 Special Education Funding Table, capped at $30,000. Funded counts come from the TEFA Annual Demographic Report (data as of July 29, 2026); districts with fewer than 30 participants aren't listed in that report. All El Paso-area districts →

We list 11 K-12 private schools in Central El Paso, and 9 of them were in the TEFA finder.

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