Location: North Central Austin
4001 Speedway
Austin TX 78751
Students served: Grades 9–12
Current enrollment: 32
Model/philosophy: Huntington-Surrey is a private micro high school in Austin, Texas, with a focus on learning and preparing students for college as well as for life.
Special features: Huntington-Surrey’s student-to-teacher ratio is the smallest of any private school in Austin, with a typical ratio of 5:1 in core classes and 1:1 in its unique Oxford Tutorial–style literature classes. It also offers student-choice-driven electives, personalized college advising, and the ACC Dual Credit Program. Teachers accommodate many learning differences. The school has been an Austin institution since 1973 and is accredited by Cognia.
Schedule: Monday–Thursday 8:15am–3:55pm and Friday electives 8:50am–12:10pm; Friday afternoon clubs
Tuition: $19,500 ($500 discount for prepaying the year)
Contact: Michael Zumpano, Head of School | 512-502-5400 | contact form on website
Each listing in this alphabetical directory gives you a snapshot of a small, secular, independent, alternative school in the Austin area.
Hover over and click on a school’s name at the top of its listing to open the school’s website in a new tab. This frequently updated list spans several pages, with navigation buttons at the bottom. To easily find schools by geographical area, see our Alt Ed Maps page. If you know of a school that’s missing from this directory, please drop a note here, and see Alt Ed Austin’s criteria for “alternative” and “school.” You may also be interested in our directories of other recommended schools (which are mostly larger or more specialized or religiously oriented), as well as special programs for children and adults.
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.
