About OpenSeat

Why it exists

The state's finder lists every participating school. Families also need to know which schools have room in their child's grade and what they'd still pay after TEFA. Schools rarely publish either in one place, so OpenSeat asks them.

Where the information comes from

• The state's TEFA school finder. Names, addresses, grades, contact details and the optional details schools pick there. Last pulled Oct 29, 2026, refreshed monthly.
• Schools. Open seats, tuition, ways to pay and deadlines, each shown with the date the school confirmed it.
• School websites. Where a school publishes tuition or openings, we note it with the page and the date we checked.

How seat status works

Every grade a school offers gets a square. Squares stay dashed until the school confirms. During application season, seat information older than about a month is marked "not recently confirmed." An open seat isn't a promise of admission. Each school makes its own decisions.

Independence

OpenSeat isn't run by or connected to the State of Texas, the Texas Comptroller or the TEFA program. Every school's listing is free.

How sponsored listings work

Schools can pay OpenSeat for a sponsored listing: a fuller page with their own photos, description, open-house dates and apply link, and a spot on their city page and at the top of matching searches.

• Every paid placement is labeled “Sponsored”, and a sponsored page says so at the top.
• School lists stay in A to Z order. Sponsored schools appear in their own labeled block above the list.
• Paying doesn't change a school's seat squares, tuition or confirmation date. Every school confirms its seats the same way, for free.
• A sponsored spot shows only while the school's seats are confirmed, and only where the school would appear anyway: its own city, and searches it matches.
• Seat alerts and questions to schools are free for every school.

Contact

Questions or corrections: [email protected]