Private schools from the west side: the four-school shortlist, with real tuition

All Saints', Fort Worth Country Day, Trinity Valley, and Southwest Christian — verified tuition where published, honest ranges where not, and the district-vs-private math this corridor makes unusual.

The four schools corridor families actually shortlist

All Saints' Episcopal School — the closest of the majors to this corridor, on White Settlement Road in west Fort Worth (76108): K–12 (with early years), roughly 1,100 students, average class size around 16, Episcopal-affiliated with a broad athletic and arts program. For Willow Park and Aledo families it's routinely the shortest private-school drive on this list. Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD) — the 100-acre JK–12 independent flagship off Bryant Irvin: nondenominational, college-preparatory, about 1,100 students, ISAS-accredited, with the metro's deepest extracurricular menu. Trinity Valley School (TVS) — the PK–12 independent on Dutch Branch Road near Clearfork: about 1,000 students on 75 acres, FWCD's traditional rival, ISAS-accredited. Southwest Christian School — the PK–12 Christian option with campuses on the city's southwest side, historically the value-tier entry among the four.

Verified tuition: the honest numbers

The only school of the four publishing exact 2026–27 tuition openly is Trinity Valley: $18,750 for Pre-K, $29,450 for K–4, $30,750 for grades 5–8, and $31,625 for Upper School, textbooks and lab fees included, with uniform costs additional. FWCD prices in the same independent-school band (its board sets tuition each January; a $1,000 deposit and structured payment plans are published, exact figures released to applicants) — plan on a comparable low-$30Ks ceiling. All Saints' and Southwest Christian publish through their admission offices; All Saints' has historically priced somewhat below the two independents at most grade levels, and Southwest Christian meaningfully below all three. Rule of thumb for budgeting: roughly $18K–$32K per child per year at the independents, less at the Christian schools — verify the current sheet with each admission office before planning around any number here.

The private-vs-district math this corridor makes unusual

Here's the calculation that's different on the west side: the usual private-school case assumes escaping a weak zoned district — but Aledo ISD is the reason many families move here in the first place. So the corridor's real decision is rarely "private or bad public"; it's "free A-rated district vs. $25K–$60K+ per year per household" — money that, capitalized, buys a lot of house in the district (run it against the rent-vs-buy engine). Where the private track still wins here: specific program fit, class-size preference, faith alignment, or a Fort-Worth-side commute that makes the White Settlement Rd / Bryant Irvin campuses the convenient direction. Families splitting the difference often rent the district first (the district-rental route) and decide with a year of local information.

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