Explore 9 private and charter school choices in the Bastrop area

For families in the Bastrop area, learn about private and charter school options with this look at tuition, grades served, and unique offerings from Montessori to classical academies. This list is noncomprehensive.

Private schools

Bastrop Montessori

• Type: Montessori
• Grades served: 18 months old through fourth grade (adding grades annually through eighth grade)
• Religious orientation: none
• Extracurricular activities: after-school play-cased program
• Enrollment: 68
• Tuition: $12,600-$12,900 for 12 months
• 875 Hwy. 71, Bastrop
• www.bastropmontessori.com

Calvary Episcopal School

• Type: religious-based
• Grades served: pre-K through eighth grade
• Religious orientation: Christian/Episcopal
• Extracurricular activities: athletics, student council, art, newspaper
• Enrollment: 151
• Tuition: $7,500-$10,450 per school year
• 603 Spring St., Bastrop
• www.calvaryschool.net

Greenbriar Community School

• Type: alternative
• Grades served: kindergarten through 12th grade
• Religious orientation: none
• Extracurricular activities: blacksmithing, gardening, handicrafts, improvisation, newspaper, wilderness
• Enrollment: 30 total
• Tuition: $100 registration and $504 per month, sliding scale available
• 1411 Old Sayers Road, Bastrop
• www.greenbriarschool.org

Good Shepherd Lutheran School

• Type: religious-based
• Grades served: COGNIA Accredited, K-6
• Religious orientation: Christian
• Extracurricular activities: chapel, music, Spanish, STEM, art, P.E., Gifted & Talented, extra educational support, hot meal service, after school, summer camp, day camp, on-site accredited preschool 6 weeks-5 years old
• Enrollment: 174
• Tuition: age/grade-based, inquire school for details
• 202 Hwy. 71 W., Bastrop
• www.goodshepherdbastrop.org/school/good-shepherd-lutheran-school

Rosanky Christian Academy

• Type: religious-based
• Grades served: pre-K through 12th grade
• Religious orientation: Christian
• Extracurricular activities: art, music (vocal, piano, ukulele), baking class, physical education, tribe athletics, chapel
• Enrollment: 15 students per class
• Tuition: $4,950 per school year
• 2160 FM 535, Rosanky
• www.rosankyca.org

Sowing Excellence

• Type: religious-based, learning center
• Grades served: kindergarten through 12th grade
• Religious orientation: Christian
• Extracurricular activities: ASL, music, culinary arts, flag football, volleyball, cheer
• Enrollment: 10 students per class
• Tuition: $250 registration and $435 per month
• 1201 Main St., Bastrop
• www.sowingexcellence.org

Valenta Academy

• Type: nontraditional private school
• Grades served: K-8
• Religious orientation: none
• Extracurricular activities: life skills workshops including financial literacy, public speaking, leadership, entrepreneurship, critical thinking and teamwork
• Enrollment: 20
• Tuition: $15,000 annually (for the 2024-2025 school year, all families will receive a $10,000 Good Faith Scholarship, bringing the cost to $5,000)
• 303 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Bastrop
• www.valenta.school

Charter schools

Compass Rose Harvest

• Type: traditional
• Grades served: K-9
• Religious orientation: none
• Extracurricular activities: athletics, agricultural sciences
• Enrollment: 500
• Tuition: free
• 118 Stephen F. Austin Blvd., Bastrop
• www.compassrosepublicschools.org

Founders Classical Academy Bastrop

• Type: traditional
• Grades served: K-11 (K-12 next year)
• Religious orientation: none
• Extracurricular activities: athletics, clubs
• Enrollment: not provided
• Tuition: free
• 415 Shiloh Road, Bastrop
• www.foundersbastrop.com