Admissions for the 2027-28 school year
Admissions
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Tuition, 2027-28
These are the full annual figures. There is no separate technology fee, no book fee and no facilities levy added later.
| Program | Annual tuition |
|---|---|
| PreK, half dayAges 3 to 4, 8:00am to 11:30am | $5,400per year |
| PreK, full dayAges 3 to 4, 8:00am to 3:15pm | $7,200per year |
| Kindergarten to Grade 5 | $7,600per year |
| Grades 6 to 8 | $8,400per year |
| Grades 9 to 12Includes AP exam fees for two exams and the $180 lab fee | $9,800per year |
Tuition is set by the board each February and published here the same week. Figures shown are for the 2027-28 school year.
Work out your own number
Add your children and it calculates as you go. Nothing is sent anywhere, there is no form, and you do not have to give us an email address to see the figure.
All three cost the same. There is no surcharge for paying monthly.
Cedarbrook Islamic Academy
4820 Legacy Trail, Plano, TX 75024 · (972) 555-0148
Tuition estimate for the 2027-28 school year, produced from the published figures at cedarbrook-islamic-academy.vercel.app
Your number
$7,600a year
$760 a month, August to May
- 1 child.
- Kindergarten to Grade 5 at $7,600.
- Registration of $350 is credited to your first payment, not added to it.
This is the real number. There is no separate technology fee, book fee or facilities levy.
Sibling discounts are applied automatically to the lower tuition: second child 10%, third 15%, fourth and beyond 20%. Registration is $350 per student and is credited to the first installment. Tuition is set by the board each February.
Sibling discounts
Second child 10% off. Third child 15%. Fourth and beyond 20%. Applied automatically to the lower tuition, you do not need to ask.
Fees
One registration fee of $350 per student, credited toward your first tuition installment. There is no application fee and no re-enrollment fee.
Payment plans
Pay annually, in two installments, or across ten monthly payments from August to May. All three cost the same. There is no surcharge for paying monthly.
No form to unlock this
Financial aid, before you rule us out
Aid at Cedarbrook is need-based and assessed on one form. About 40% of our families receive it and the average award is $2,100 per student per year. Applying for aid does not affect an admissions decision. The two are reviewed by different people.
No family who is a fit for Cedarbrook has been turned away for cost. Ask us before you rule us out.
40%
of families receive aid
2026-27 school year
$2,100
average award per student
2026-27 school year
Applying for 2027-28
Five steps, with the dates
This is the whole process. There is nothing after step five except a first day.
October 1, 2026
Next upApplications open
The application for the 2027-28 school year opens online. It takes about twenty minutes. You will need your child's last report card and immunization record.
December 15, 2026
Priority deadline
Apply by this date and your child is reviewed in the first round, when the most seats are open. Applications after December 15 are still read, and placed as space allows.
January to February 2027
Placement assessment and family conversation
Your child spends about 45 minutes on campus with a teacher, and you sit down with the division head. This is not an exam to pass. It tells us where to place your child and whether we can serve them well.
March 1, 2027
Decisions released
Every family hears by email on the same day, admitted or not. Nobody is left waiting on a phone call.
March 15, 2027
Enrollment agreement due
Return the signed agreement and the $350 registration fee to hold the seat. After March 15 we admit on a rolling basis wherever seats remain.
Honestly
What we look for, and who we are not right for
A family, not just a student
The placement conversation is with your child and with you. We are looking for a family that wants the same thing the school wants: a child who prays because it is theirs, and who is stretched academically rather than carried. You do not need a perfect report card. Two of the strongest seniors in the Class of 2026 arrived in Grade 7 reading below level.
A child we can actually serve
We have two learning specialists and we support documented dyslexia, ADHD and mild language processing needs inside the regular classroom. We do not have a self-contained special education program, a full-time speech therapist or a one-to-one aide on staff. If your child's plan requires those, we will tell you at the assessment rather than six weeks into the fall, and we will usually know which North Texas school does have them.
Where we are honestly not the fit
If you want a school where Islamic studies is one elective period and everything else looks like a public magnet, that is a real preference and we are not it. Quran and Arabic take two periods of every day here and that time comes from somewhere. Equally, if you want a hifz-only program where academics are secondary, we are not that either. Cedarbrook is for families who want both held to the same standard, and who accept that this makes for a full day.
Thirty minutes
Book a campus tour
Tours run Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00am and take about thirty minutes. You will walk through classes in session. Fill this in and the admissions office confirms within one business day.
- You see classes in session, not an empty building
- You meet the division head for your child's band
- There is no application attached and no follow up call unless you ask for one
Getting here
Visit us
We are eleven acres off Legacy Trail, four minutes from the Dallas North Tollway.
- Address
- 4820 Legacy Trail
Plano, TX 75024 - Parking
- Visitor parking is the first row on your right as you come through the gate. Do not use the carpool lane between 7:45 and 8:15.
- When you arrive
- Come to the main entrance and ask for the front office. Every visitor signs in and gets a badge, including on open house days.
- Office hours
- Monday to Friday, 7:45am to 4:00pm
Tours: Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00am
4820 Legacy Trail, Plano, TX 75024. Four minutes from the Dallas North Tollway, off Legacy Trail.
Asked and answered
Questions parents actually ask
If yours is not here, call the office. Somebody who knows the answer will pick up.
Yes, wherever a seat is open, and there usually is one in Grades 1 to 8. We ask for the last two report cards and a short conversation with the division head. Families moving to the area mid-year are common here and your child will not be the only one starting in January.
No, and we would rather say so plainly than call it a transport partnership. Most families carpool, and the office maintains a carpool list by zip code that we will share once you enroll. Carpool drop off runs 7:45 to 8:10 and pickup 3:15 to 3:35.
Bring the documentation to the assessment. Two learning specialists support accommodations inside the regular classroom, which covers most documented dyslexia, ADHD and mild processing needs. We do not have a self-contained program or a full-time speech therapist, so there are plans we cannot deliver. We will tell you which at the assessment, not after you have enrolled.
A small number do, usually neighbors who want the class sizes and the discipline. Everyone takes Islamic studies and Arabic and attends Dhuhr, because those are part of the school day rather than an add-on. Nobody is asked to make a declaration of faith. If that arrangement works for your family, it works for us.
Navy or khaki bottoms with a school polo for all grades. Girls wear hijab from Grade 4 during the school day. Two providers stock the polo locally and a full set runs about $120. There is a uniform exchange rack in the front hall every August, free, no questions asked.
Hot lunch is available four days a week at $4.50 a meal, all halal, ordered by the month. Friday is bring your own. There are two nut-free tables and the kitchen posts allergens weekly.
Grades 1 to 3, twenty minutes plus reading. Grades 4 to 5, forty minutes. Middle school, about an hour. Upper school, ninety minutes to two hours depending on AP load. Quran review is on top of that and is usually ten to fifteen minutes. If your child is consistently over these numbers, email the teacher. We treat that as our problem to fix, not yours.
You email the business office before the due date and we work out a revised schedule. No child has been withdrawn from Cedarbrook for a missed payment, and no child is ever pulled from a class, a trip or a graduation over a balance. Speak to us early and this is an administrative matter rather than a crisis.