Private Schools

Private Schools in El Paso, Texas

23 private schools in El Paso, Texas with at least 30 students answered the 2023-24 federal survey. Together they enroll 4,780 students: 8 Catholic, 9 other religious and 6 nonsectarian. 13 schools go through high school grades.

Schools listed

Go through high school

Median enrollment

127

Median students per teacher

8.5

Private schools in El Paso, Texas

Largest first. Students per teacher is the school’s own report.

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation
Loretto Academy	PK–12	520	11.3	Catholic
Loretto Academy	PK–12	516	11.4	Catholic
Father Yermo Schools	K–12	488	18.4	Catholic
Immanuel Christian School	PK–12	441	13.2	Christian
St Marks School	PK–8	422	12.9	Methodist
Cathedral High SchoolBoys	9–12	384	13.1	Catholic
St Clement's Parish School	PK–8	308	5	Other religious
Radford School	PK–12	256	6.3	Nonsectarian
Lydia Patterson Institute	7–12	234	11.7	Methodist
St Raphael School	PK–8	196	9.8	Catholic
Most Holy Trinity School	PK–8	135	12.7	Catholic
Father Yermo Schools	9–12	127	7.7	Catholic
St Patrick Cathedral School	PK–8	124	9.3	Catholic
Mountain West MontessoriMontessori	PK–8	116	6.6	Nonsectarian
Jesus Chapel School	PK–12	101	6.2	Christian
Northeast Christian Academy	PK–12	80	5.5	Baptist
Western Hills Academy	PK–6	70	13.2	Nonsectarian
El Paso Country Day SchoolSpecial program	PK–8	52	7.1	Nonsectarian
Shiloh Christian Academy	1–11	50	6.3	Christian
El Paso Adventist Junior Academy	PK–12	46	7.9	Seventh-Day Adventist
Escuela Montessori del ValleMontessori	K–6	45	5.8	Nonsectarian
El Paso Bridges AcademySpecial education	1–8	35	3.5	Nonsectarian
Bethesda Christian Academy	3–12	34	8.5	Other religious

Getting in, and keeping up

Private school entrance exams: format, scoring, and dates for the ISEE, SSAT, and HSPT.
STAAR practice tests and score levels, the test public schools in Texas give.
Using a 529 plan for K-12 tuition and tutoring in Texas.
Colleges in Texas, for families already looking ahead.

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Frequently asked questions

How many private schools are in El Paso, Texas?

23 private schools in El Paso, Texas with at least 30 students answered the 2023-24 federal Private School Universe Survey. Schools that did not answer are not counted, so the real number is higher.

What is the largest private school in El Paso, Texas?

Among schools that answered the survey, Loretto Academy in El Paso is the largest, with 520 students in grades PK–12.

How big are classes at private schools in El Paso, Texas?

The survey reports students per teacher, not class size. The median private school in El Paso, Texas has 8.5 students per teacher and 127 students in total.

Do private schools require an entrance exam?

Many independent schools ask for the ISEE or SSAT, and many Catholic high schools use the HSPT. Each school sets its own rule, so check the admissions page of every school on your list.

Source: NCES Private School Universe Survey (PSS), 2023-24 public-use data file, National Center for Education Statistics. Schools that answered the survey and enrolled at least 30 students. Amish schools are left out. Schools report their own figures, and a school that did not answer the survey does not appear.