How families pay here
Waterloo School 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.
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.
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“Waterloo is an innovative project-based, designed high school in the heart of Austin that serves the curious, creative, and engaged student. Growth by design is center to what we do, and building relationships to their learning, understanding, and application to their community is how we do it.”
The school's description in the TEFA finder
Its 2023-24 answers to the federal Private School Survey showed 70 K-12 students, 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, a 9:1 student-teacher ratio, 27% of the previous year's graduates going on to four-year colleges and a 175-day school year.
Programs reported to the state
Discounts reported to TEFA: Scholarships Available.
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?
- Which dual-credit partners do you use, and can those course fees come from the account?
Nearby schools with full profiles
- St. Ignatius Martyr School: Catholic School, grades PK-8, 0.6 mi · TEFA
- San Juan Diego Catholic High School: Catholic School, grades 9-12, 0.9 mi · TEFA
- TCS: Independent & Secular School, grades K-12, 1.5 mi · TEFA
- Headwaters School: Independent & Secular School, grades K-12, 1.7 mi
- Cathedral School of St. Mary: Catholic School, grades PK-8, 1.7 mi · TEFA
- Proximity Learning: Independent & Secular School, grades K-12, 1.8 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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin ISD | 1,020 | $11,388 | $16,779 | $15,699 | $25,552 |
| Del Valle ISD | 102 | $11,367 | $16,634 | $15,578 | $25,204 |
| Hays CISD | 441 | $11,412 | $16,949 | $15,839 | $25,957 |
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 17 K-12 private schools in South Austin, and 14 of them were in the TEFA finder.