Center for Teaching and Learning

Funding fit for Center for Teaching and Learning

Center for Teaching and Learning appears in the Texas Comptroller's TEFA participating-school finder (checked October 9, 2026). A Houston-area student who holds a Texas Education Freedom Account can use it here. For 2026-27 that is $10,474 per student, deposited 25% on July 1, 25% on October 1 and 50% on February 1, and paid to the school through the Odyssey platform. To participate, a school must be accredited by a TEPSAC-recognized organization or TEA, have operated at least two school years, and give an annual norm-referenced test in grades 3-12.

The school also serves pre-K. TEFA pays the full award for eligible 3- and 4-year-olds whose families meet the free public pre-K criteria (income, English learner, military, foster care and similar). Kindergarten eligibility is broader, so a child can stay at the same school.

Independent schools set their own need-based aid. A school may weigh a TEFA award when it decides aid, but it may not charge a TEFA family a different tuition.

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“The Center for Teaching & Learning is a small Pk-12 nonprofit private school founded by educators in 2010. We are project and inquiry-based and were founded on the goal of staying current in implementing best practices. We focus on the individual needs of students and parents and on building…”
— description the school provided to the TEFA finder

In the U.S. Department of Education's Private School Survey (2023-24), the school reported 74 K-12 students, 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a 8.4090909091:1 student-teacher ratio and 100% of the previous year's graduates going on to four-year colleges.

Programs the school reported to the state finder

Discounts reported to TEFA: Scholarships Available, Sibling Discounts.

Questions to ask this school

1. Do you participate in TEFA, and are you confirming enrollments for families awarded in the next cycle?
2. What is tuition for my child's grade, and which fees (registration, books, technology, uniforms, lunch) can be paid from the TEFA account?
3. Which discounts do you offer (sibling, church member, employee), and what need-based aid is available for the balance?
4. Will you accept the TEFA payment schedule (25% July, 25% October, 50% February), or do you need a deposit from personal funds?
5. Are you a Texas Rising Star provider, and do you take Workforce Solutions child care assistance for before- and after-care?
6. For high school: which dual-credit partners do you use, and can those course fees come from the account?

TEFA with an IEP: what it's worth near Tomball

Totals = $10,474 base + the district add-on from the Comptroller's 2026-27 Special Education Funding Table, capped at $30,000. Funded counts: TEFA Annual Demographic Report (data as of July 29, 2026). All Houston-area districts →

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