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Our Mission
The Joy School
prepares students with learning differences
to return to traditional classroom settings
by enabling them to reach their academic and social potential
in a safe, supportive environment.
We serve students who are bright, curious, and full of potential — but who learn differently. Many of our students struggled in traditional classrooms or were “getting by”, but only with the help of costly tutors or significant parental support.
It depends on the needs of the kids! Students are grouped as cohesively as possible based on the kind of instruction they need. Teachers are empowered to make curricular decisions based on the needs of their students rather than a one size fits all curriculum.
The most transformative outcomes are not just in improved skills, but in our students’ sense of self. Receiving schools frequently celebrate our students’ impressive self-awareness, self-acceptance, and self-advocacy skills as confident, independent learners. Parents repeatedly tell us “I feel like I have my child back!”
Grade Levels
K-8
Founded in
1997
Student Body
160
K-2nd
Student-Teacher Ratio
6:1
3rd-8th
Student-Teacher Ratio
8:1
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The Joy School is a K-8th-grade, nonsectarian, private-independent school for intellectually capable students with common learning differences such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, ADHD, expressive or receptive language disorder, social pragmatic disorder, anxiety, level 1 autism spectrum disorder, or executive functioning challenges. Most students attend for three to five years before successfully transitioning to private or public schools without the need for continued intervention or special services. |
Voice of Joy
Josh Jones, Parent
"We made it work financially, and it’s the best money we've ever spent."
Julia Troche, Joy School Educator
"Being a teacher, it's important to get to know your students and build relationships with them. And here you're really able to do that because you only have six kids in your classroom."
A Joy School Graduate
"The Joy School made my life so much happier."
Maura Joyce, Head of School, Post Oak
What we've seen in the students coming from The Joy School.
Joyful Stories