Location: Bee Cave, Lake Travis
4402 Hudson Bend Rd
Austin, TX 78734
Students served: Grades K–8
Current enrollment: 8; rolling admissions for 2024–2025 school year
Model/philosophy: Texas Sports Academy is a mastery-based, self-paced K–8 school that combines AI-powered learning with students' passion for sports. Academics are completed in just 2 hours per day, with afternoons focused on guide-led life skills workshops and athletic training. The school emphasizes learning through movement and critical life skills like teamwork, leadership, and giving and receiving feedback, helping students excel both academically and athletically. With personalized support and coaching from former NFL, NBA, MLB, and D1 athletes, Texas Sports Academy equips students with the discipline and skills for success in both education and sports.
Special features: State-of-the-art sports facilities including sports fields, Parkour gym, rock climbing, and the latest and greatest equipment for movement and play.
Schedule: 8:15am–4pm, Monday–Friday; August 14, 2024–June 6, 2025
Tuition: $25,000 annually. All supplies, travel fees, and workshops are included.
Contact: Jamal Gross, Chief Ambassador | admissions@sportsacademy.school
Each listing in this alphabetical directory gives you a snapshot of a small, independent, alternative school in the Austin area.
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Full disclosure: Alt Ed Austin founder Teri Sperry has ties with several of the schools listed on this site. Her child, now an adult, attended two of them years ago. She has friends who direct, teach at, or are otherwise involved in others. Some programs choose to advertise from time to time on Alt Ed Austin as Sponsoring Partners. She firmly believes that all of the schools featured on this site (including the ones to which she has no personal connection and those from which she receives no advertising fees) are good choices for some kids, each for different reasons.
