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Your Education Freedom Account is worth $7,208 this year. Here is where it goes furthest in Little Rock.

Arkansas opened the EFA to every K-12 student in 2025-26. Central Arkansas has the state's deepest bench of private schools that take it, from Catholic parish schools to Little Rock Christian Academy. We use the state's own report to show you how many EFA families each school serves, how many stay, and what's left to pay.

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$7,208

Per student in 2026-27, paid in four quarterly deposits of about $1,802. Former Succeed Scholarship students receive $8,011.

Schools in Pulaski and Saline counties appear on the state's 2024-25 participating list, out of 48 in our directory.

5,218

EFA students attended those schools in 2024-25, according to the state's annual report.

91%

Of EFA students statewide continued in the program the following year.

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The math

What the account changes for a Central Arkansas family

An illustrative elementary year at a church school charging $9,850 tuition plus $650 in registration and books.

Tuition + fees$10,500

Education Freedom Account (2026-27)− $7,208

Balance before school aid or discounts$3,292

Illustration only. The account amount is the published 2026-27 figure. Tuition, fees and aid vary by school, so ask each school for its full price sheet.

Central Arkansas

The local picture

Pulaski County is the center of Arkansas school choice. In the state's 2024-25 annual report, schools in Little Rock, North Little Rock, Sherwood, Maumelle and Jacksonville, plus Benton and Bryant in Saline County, enrolled roughly 5,218 EFA students. That is one of the largest local concentrations in the state.

The supply here is wide. There are nine Catholic schools in the Diocese of Little Rock's network in our directory, large non-denominational academies, Baptist and Church of Christ schools, an Islamic school, Montessori programs, and four schools built for students with dyslexia, autism or other learning differences.

Price ranges are wide too. A $7,208 account covers most or all of tuition at many parish elementary schools. At the larger college-prep campuses it is a meaningful discount, not a full ride, so the 'what's left' math matters more here than almost anywhere else in Arkansas.

Browse by kind of school

48 K-12 private schools, 40 of them in the EFA

Catholic schools

9 schools

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Christian schools

22 schools

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Little Rock Christian Academy

Little Rock · 637 EFA students

Details →Church of Christ

Central Arkansas Christian School

North Little Rock · 427 EFA students

Details →Independent

Pulaski Academy

Little Rock · 383 EFA students

Details →Baptist

Baptist Preparatory School

Little Rock · 312 EFA students

Details →Episcopal

Episcopal Collegiate School

Little Rock · 311 EFA students

Details →Catholic

Christ the King School

Little Rock · 275 EFA students

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Data schools rarely publish

How many EFA families stay, and how their students test

The state's annual report lists, for every participating school, how many students used an account, how many continued the next year, and EFA students' average national percentile. We put Central Arkansas's schools side by side.

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Homeschool & hybrid

The account isn't only for private school

Central Arkansas homeschool families used EFA dollars at local providers ranging from coding schools to university courses.

iCode Little RockUniversity of Arkansas at Little RockUA Pulaski Technical CollegeBryant Psychology and Behavioral HealthLittle Rock Climbing CenterAndrea's School of Dance (Bryant)Benton Homeschool Co-opSaline Open Homeschool Association

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Students walking past a church school wing in Little Rock

For schools, churches & ministries

Start or grow a school that families can fund

Central Arkansas has a dense network of churches, and many already run a weekday preschool or Mother's Day Out. That is the usual starting point for a K-6 school. The state report shows 12 to 40 student schools participating alongside the large campuses, so a small start can qualify.

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Questions families ask

Central Arkansas EFA questions

Do Catholic schools in Little Rock take the EFA?

Yes. Every Catholic school in our Pulaski and Saline county directory appears in the state's 2024-25 list of participating schools, including Catholic High School for Boys and Mount St. Mary Academy. Parish rates still apply, and the account pays toward whatever tuition the school charges you.

Is Pulaski Academy or Little Rock Christian Academy covered?

Both participated in 2024-25. Little Rock Christian Academy had 637 EFA students, the most in Central Arkansas, and Pulaski Academy had 383. The account will not cover full tuition at either, so plan for the balance.

My child has dyslexia. Can the account pay for a specialized school?

Yes, if the school participates. Friendship Lab School for Dyslexia (Maumelle) and Easterseals Academy at Riverdale both did in 2024-25. Students who came from the old Succeed Scholarship receive the higher $8,011 amount. See our special-needs page for the Little Rock options.

We live in Saline County. Is that covered here?

Yes. We include Benton and Bryant schools: Arkansas Christian Academy, Our Lady of Fatima, Saline County Christian Academy and First Lutheran School. Little Rock is close enough that many Saline families compare both.

When can we apply for 2027-28?

The 2026-27 application window ran March 9 to June 1, 2026. The state has not announced 2027-28 dates yet. Returning students renew inside ClassWallet, and new students apply through the state's FACTS portal at arkansasefa.com.

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