Fees, Tuition and Donations
Tuition:
As an open-enrollment publicly funded charter school, Gateway does not charge tuition.
SY 2024-25 Fees
All-Inclusive UIL Fee (UIL Athletics + Lacrosse, UIL Academic, and UIL Performing Arts): Grades 7-12 = $350 per student
UIL Academic & Performing Arts ONLY Fee (for students not participating in school-sponsored athletics)
Grades 2-8 = $100 per student
Grades 9-12 = $200 per student
Donations:
Because charter schools receive about $2,000 less per student in public funding than traditional public school districts Gateway requests that each student family consider voluntarily participating in our Annual Fund Drive by becoming a Gator Club Member.
The Gator Club Annual Fund Drive is how we raise the money to make up for this $2,000 per student funding gap. Because we must use "instructional revenue" to also cover our building and facilities construction and maintenance costs, Gator Fund revenues allow us to recruit and retain talented faculty and offer our unique and comprehensive academic, athletic, fine arts, and other extra-curricular programs.
Also, your incentives are established during the school year timeframe of Aug. 1 through July 31, so when each August's orientations occur, you'll have an idea if you qualify for those incentives (i.e. waivers of fees) based on donations made to date.