How families pay here
San Marcos Baptist Academy was listed in the Texas Comptroller's TEFA finder when we checked on October 12, 2026, so a student with an Education Freedom Account can use it here. For 2026-27 the account sends $10,474 per student, deposited in three parts: 25% on July 1, 25% on October 1 and the final 50% on February 1.
This school also enrolls pre-K children. TEFA funds 3- and 4-year-olds who meet a state free pre-K criterion, such as qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, limited English, or a parent who teaches in a Texas public school. Kindergarten has no such test, so a child can continue here on the full award.
Church-related schools frequently price by congregation membership and number of children, and the state requires those rates to keep applying when a family pays with TEFA. A church-run school may also be eligible for the Edu Fund partner scholarship, which has no income limit. The registered name suggests a school run by a congregation, which is the kind of school our partner fund is built around.
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Its 2023-24 answers to the federal Private School Survey showed 318 K-12 students, 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, a 9.2:1 student-teacher ratio, 50% of the previous year's graduates going on to four-year colleges and a 187-day school year.
Associations (federal survey): National Alliance of Christian Schools; The Association of Boarding Schools.
What to ask on your tour
- Is the school in the TEFA finder now, and will it take part in 2027-28?
- Does billing follow the state's July, October and February deposits, or is a deposit due from us first?
- Which fees, such as books, uniforms or lunch, can be charged to the account?
- What aid, sibling or church-member pricing is available for any balance?
- Are you an approved TEFA pre-K provider, and do you take child care assistance for after-care?
- Which dual-credit partners do you use, and can those course fees come from the account?
Nearby schools with full profiles
- Wonderland School: Christian School, grades PK-5, 1.7 mi · TEFA
- Hill Country Christian School of San Marcos: Christian School, grades PK-12, 5.6 mi · TEFA
- Godfrey Learning Academy: Independent & Secular School, grades PK-8, 6.8 mi · TEFA
- Southwest Texas High School: Independent & Secular School, grades 8-12, 7.6 mi
- St. Stephen's Episcopal School Wimberley: Christian School, grades PK-8, 9.4 mi · TEFA
- Ladybird Montessori School: Independent & Secular School, grades PK-9, 14.8 mi · TEFA
IEP funding for nearby districts
| Home district | TEFA-funded students (Jul 29, 2026) | IEP: speech only (00) | IEP: mainstream (40) | IEP: resource / self-contained (41-44) | IEP: residential facility (81-89) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hays CISD | 441 | $11,412 | $16,949 | $15,839 | $25,957 |
| San Marcos CISD | 165 | $11,408 | $16,918 | $15,814 | $25,883 |
| Lockhart ISD | 82 | $11,387 | $16,771 | $15,692 | $25,532 |
| Luling ISD | under 30 | $11,614 | $18,030 | $17,247 | $29,526 |
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 Austin-area districts →
We list 12 K-12 private schools in Buda, Kyle, San Marcos & Lockhart, and 8 of them were in the TEFA finder.