Private schools in Northwest

Private schools in the Northwest cluster are split between Cypress, Jersey Village and Tomball, and most do not state a faith at all, which sets the cluster apart from the heavily faith-based benches in Klein or Humble. Christian private schools are here, but a family gets more secular and unstated options than in the neighboring clusters. Grades run from Pre-K through twelfth, with art and PE named as regular subjects.

Jersey Village punches above its size, carrying a few schools for a small city, and Tomball offers a quieter alternative to Cypress's larger campuses. Cypress and Tomball are about 19 minutes apart, and Jersey Village is about 15 minutes from Cypress, so a family can visit several in a morning.

Faith requirement is unstated at many of these schools, so ask directly. Some listings are early-childhood programs and not full K-12, and one runs part time.

For TEFA, only some of the schools here appear to be accredited at the level that unlocks up to $10,474 a year. The rest sit at the flat $2,000, so the accreditor and its TEPSAC status are the first questions to ask on a tour.