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Jewish Day Schools in Fort Worth, Texas
Looking for a Jewish day school in Fort Worth, Texas? We confirm one school currently operating in Fort Worth. Each entry below is drawn from public records — IRS Form 990 filings, the federal NCES Private School Survey, and the schools' own published information. For a personalized shortlist, start with our matching quiz.
1 elementary schools
Schools in Fort Worth, by level
Scroll to the level that matches your child’s age. Within each level, schools are grouped by whether they serve boys, girls, or co-ed classes.
Elementary Schools (K–8) · 1 school
Schools serving kindergarten through grade 8 — some K–5, some K–8, some starting at preschool and ending in 8th grade.
What to consider when evaluating a Jewish day school
Choosing a Jewish day school involves more than convenience. Families typically weigh religious orientation, academic rigor, tuition affordability, and the specific grade range a school serves. Posted tuition is rarely what most families actually pay — almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and many families receive meaningful assistance through need-based aid, scholarship funds, state vouchers or education savings accounts, or staff tuition benefits if a parent works at the school. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family.
About Jewish education in Texas
Texas's Jewish day schools are concentrated in Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio, with community schools in Austin and the Rio Grande Valley. Texas's expanding school-choice landscape, including recently-authorized ESA programs, is reshaping tuition affordability.
A year in Fort Worth
🌸 Spring Mar–May
78° / 55°
Short sleeves, a layer for evening
Comfortable
🎭 Purim🫓 Pesach🌾 Shavuos
☀️ Summer Jun–Aug
97° / 75°
Lightest clothes; you will sweat through them
Very humid
Sweat stays on you, so shade gives little relief.
🕯️ Tisha B'Av
🍂 Fall Sep–Nov
80° / 57°
Short sleeves, a layer for evening
Comfortable
🍎 Rosh Hashanah🕊️ Yom Kippur🌿 Sukkos
❄️ Winter Dec–Feb
60° / 37°
Jacket and layers
Dry
🕎 Chanukah🌳 Tu BiShvat
Holiday by holiday
- 🍎 Rosh Hashanah (September to early October): highs about 93°F, lows about 70°F, humidity about 58%.
- 🕊️ Yom Kippur (mid September to mid October): highs about 93°F, lows about 70°F, humidity about 58%.
- 🌿 Sukkos (late September to October): highs about 81°F, lows about 56°F, humidity about 59%.
- 🕎 Chanukah (late November to December): highs about 63°F, lows about 40°F, humidity about 70%.
- 🌳 Tu BiShvat (mid January to mid February): highs about 58°F, lows about 36°F, humidity about 70%.
- 🎭 Purim (late February to March): highs about 71°F, lows about 47°F, humidity about 67%.
- 🫓 Pesach (late March to April): highs about 78°F, lows about 53°F, humidity about 67%.
- 🌾 Shavuos (mid May to mid June): highs about 84°F, lows about 64°F, humidity about 74%.
- 🕯️ Tisha B'Av (mid July to mid August): highs about 99°F, lows about 76°F, humidity about 56%.
Monthly averages for the middle of Fort Worth, 2019–2023 (NASA POWER). Holiday dates move about a month from year to year.
Cost of living and learning near Fort Worth
Housing in the community area
🏠 Asking price
$403,738
$212 per sq ft
🔑 Rent
$1,678 /mo
🧾 Property tax
$6,918 /yr
💵 Household income
$88,015
How we measured this
ZIP areas: 76109, 76133, covering the areas around the congregations and schools. Asking price is the median of current listings across those ZIP areas (Realtor.com research data, September 2026); by ZIP: 76133 $299,225 · 76109 $508,250. Owner-estimated median home value, which lags the market: $434,850. Rent, property tax and income are Census ACS 2020–2024 medians.
Texas: taxes and help with tuition
💸 Income tax
None on wages
No state tax on wages
🎓 State scholarship
Up to $30,000
Texas Education Freedom Accounts. No income cap - open to all Texas K-12 students; but if applications exceed available funding, priority tiers favor lower-income families (at/below 200% FPL prioritized….
🏛️ Federal credit
Opted in
Opted in to the federal credit; awards begin 2027.
Program details checked 2026-08-16.
Homeschooling in Texas
Notice
No state registration; parent withdraws the child from school in writing. A district may ask for a letter of assurance.
Subjects or hours
Parents must follow a course of study that includes good citizenship.
Locally
Whether to test a homeschooled child for grade placement on entering public school is decided locally.
Checked 2026-10-27 against tea.texas.gov. Rules change and can differ by district; confirm with your district before you start.
Jewish communities near Fort Worth
Congregations in and around Fort Worth, nearest first, measured from the middle of Fort Worth. Missing yours, or something looks wrong? Tell us.
Other cities in Texas with Jewish schools
Houston (24) · Dallas (10) · Bellaire (4) · Austin (3) · Missouri City (2) · San Antonio (2)
Common questions about Jewish day schools in Fort Worth, Texas
What's the difference between a Jewish day school and a yeshiva?
Both teach a dual curriculum combining Judaic studies with general academic subjects, but "yeshiva" typically refers to schools in the yeshivish or Orthodox tradition with a heavier Torah-study focus. "Jewish day school" is the broader umbrella. See our guide to how Jewish schools differ.
Do we need to be religious to send our children?
No. Many Jewish day schools — particularly community and pluralistic schools, Conservative-movement schools, and Modern Orthodox schools that accept all affiliations — serve families across the full observance spectrum. Some schools require synagogue membership or minimum observance; most don't.
Is the posted tuition what we'll actually pay?
Usually not. Almost every Jewish day school has a financial aid program, and the "collected average" tuition across the cohort is typically 30–40% below the posted rate. Our tuition estimator shows what could apply to your family, and each school can tell you what it offers.
How do families afford Jewish day school tuition?
Public school is free; Jewish day schools copied its format and have to be paid for. Most schools set tuition family by family, through a committee that reviews tax returns and financial documents, so what a family pays depends on what the school judges it can afford. Schools generally do not publish how those amounts are calculated or what other families pay. Donations cover a large share of revenue, much of it from a small number of families, and working families in the middle tend to carry the most, since the cost multiplies with every child. Where staff children attend the school their parent works for, tuition is often part of the compensation package, and it is worth more with each child. Details vary by school. Our article How Yeshiva Day School Tuition Really Works shows the numbers.
How do we pick the right school for our family?
The practical fit factors are grade range, religious orientation (hashkafa), community character, distance from home, and what the tuition actually comes to after aid. Our matching quiz asks about each of these in about five minutes and produces a shortlist of schools that fit your family specifically.
Not sure which school fits?
Answer five questions about your child's grade, your location, and your community preferences — we'll show you the schools that match in Fort Worth, Texas.
Start the matching quiz →Related reading
- →Jewish School Tuition Assistance: Every Way to Pay LessState vouchers, tax-credit scholarships, Federation funds and school aid.
- →What Is a Jewish Day School?A plain-language guide for families new to Jewish education.
- →Types of Jewish SchoolsHow to tell the main types apart — Modern Orthodox, yeshivish, Chabad, pluralistic.
Data sourced from the federal NCES Private School Survey and IRS Form 990 filings where available. We do not publish street addresses, phone numbers, enrollment counts, or our internal classification data. Research methodology · Missing a school?