Baseline Bilingual School, Little Rock: EFA, Enrollment & Funding

Where these numbers come from. EFA enrollment, retention, spending and test percentiles are from the 2024-25 Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Program Annual Report (Arkansas Department of Education with the University of Arkansas Department of Education Reform, October 2025). Enrollment, teachers, grades and affiliation are from the U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey (2023-24 public-use file; 2021-22 where a school did not respond in 2023-24). Tuition is not reported to either, so confirm it with the school.

EFA and Baseline Bilingual School

$7,208

Account for 2026-27, per student

EFA students here in 2024-25

50%

Of those EFA students stayed at this school for 2025-26

Baseline Bilingual School was on the state's list of EFA participating schools for 2024-25. 8 of its roughly 25 students (32%) paid with an Education Freedom Account that year.

That ranks #38 of 40 participating schools in Pulaski and Saline counties by number of EFA students. Its EFA share is below the local average of 48% across those schools.

Of those EFA students, 50% continued in the program the next school year and 50% stayed at Baseline Bilingual School. Statewide, schools kept 84% of their EFA students on average. Students who graduated count as leaving.

On the nationally norm-referenced tests participating schools must give, Baseline Bilingual School's EFA students averaged the 83th percentile in math and the 95th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

In the federal Private School Survey (2023-24), the school reported 91 students, 5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 18.2:1.

From kindergarten through grade 5, that's 6 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $43,248 in state funding over that span. The amount is set each year, so treat this as a planning number. Pre-K years are not covered; the account starts at kindergarten.

Paying the balance

Independent schools set their own need-based aid. Ask whether the school counts the EFA before or after it calculates aid. That order can change your balance by thousands of dollars.

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After grade 5: where students can continue

Baseline Bilingual School ends at grade 5. These local EFA schools serve grade 6:

St. Theresa Catholic School (Little Rock, grades PK-8, about 2 mi)
Southwest Christian Academy (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
The Huda Academy (Little Rock, grades PK-8, about 4 mi)
Shiloh Excel Christian School (Little Rock, grades K-8, about 4 mi)
Pinnacle Classical Academy (Little Rock, grades PK-10, about 4 mi)

Questions to ask the school

How do you bill EFA families: directly through ClassWallet each quarter, or do we pay and get reimbursed?
What is the full cost for my child's grade, including registration, books, uniforms and fees, and what's left after the $7,208 account?
Which discounts and aid apply on top of the account?
Which nationally norm-referenced test do you give, and will you share my child's results?
Do you have openings in pre-K, and does a pre-K seat carry into kindergarten, when the account starts?

Closest private schools

School	Type	Grades	Distance	EFA
St. Theresa Catholic School	Catholic	PK-8	1.8 mi	✓
Southwest Christian Academy	Christian	PK-12	2.1 mi	✓
The Huda Academy	Other faith	PK-8	3.9 mi	✓
Shiloh Excel Christian School	Seventh-day Adventist	K-8	4.2 mi	✓
Pinnacle Classical Academy	Christian	PK-10	4.5 mi	✓
Episcopal Collegiate School	Episcopal	PK-12	6.0 mi	✓

Straight-line distance from federal survey coordinates.