Tuition & Affordability

Woodlands uses the services of SSS, a secure third-party organization to collect, process and to provide a baseline evaluation of the families' financial information.
The major components that define the indexed tuition range include total income, assets, family size, unusual expenses, the number of tuitions currently being supported, and other discretionary costs.

The school's Indexed Tuition Committee then considers all these factors and any additional unique circumstances for each family in determining the index tuition level.

Any student who submits an application for admission, or any current student, is eligible to apply for indexed tuition. Although we try to accommodate as many families as possible, in a given school year, the number of students whose families are eligible may exceed the school's indexed tuition budget. Requests for indexed tuition do not affect admission decisions or a current student’s place in the school community.

Click the Indexed Tuition Application Link which will take you to the NAIS, National Association of Independent Schools, SSS, School and Student Services, secure site. The following documents will be required as part of the application process: the parents’ 2017 IRS 1040 Tax Return with all schedules, statements and W-2 forms are due December 15, 2018.

Please note that 2018 IRS 1040 Tax Return with all schedules, statements and W-2 forms are due April 15, 2019.

A processing fee of $51 will be required to submit your financial information application with SSS.

For currently enrolled families who are eligible for indexed tuition, the deadline for submitting an application and supporting documentation for consideration is December 15, 2018. Indexed Tuition notifications for these applications will be listed on your contract for the 2019-2020 academic year. For new applicants to WA, tuition levels will be indicated on the enrollment contracts.

Determination of tuition levels is a separate function from the admission process and will not impact your daughter’s eligibility for acceptance in any way.

If family circumstances remain the same and the school's resources can continue to support indexed tuition to the same extent, WA intends for a family to pay an indexed tuition throughout the student’s years at WA. It should be noted that families must resubmit financial information each year, however.

WA expects both parents to participate in the support of their child at school. Therefore, noncustodial parents are expected to be included in the application process for indexed tuition. It is the responsibility of the custodial parent to request the appropriate forms be provided to WA by the noncustodial parent.

Woodlands Academy considers the income and assets of any adult who plays a significant role in a student’s life. Therefore, financial information will be required of all adults involved in the applicant’s life

Each case is individual, and WA recognizes this. For example, the indexed tuition committee will add a full-time income for a parent able but not currently working. Of course, if one parent is at home caring for a pre-school aged child, elderly parent, or an ill or disabled child the committee will give that careful consideration.