Central Arkansas Montessori

EFA and Central Arkansas Montessori

Central Arkansas Montessori was on the state's list of EFA participating schools for 2024-25. 70 of its roughly 70 students (100%) paid with an Education Freedom Account that year.

That ranks #23 of 40 participating schools in Pulaski and Saline counties by number of EFA students. Its EFA share is above the local average of 48% across those schools.

Of those EFA students, 84% continued in the program the next school year and 76% stayed at Central Arkansas Montessori. 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, Central Arkansas Montessori's EFA students averaged the 42th percentile in math and the 41th in reading, below the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

In the federal Private School Survey (2023-24), the school reported 54 students, 11 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 4.5:1.

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

Montessori programs often start before kindergarten. The EFA begins at kindergarten (age 5 by August 1), so pre-K years are paid privately or through other early-childhood aid.

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After grade 5: where students can continue

Central Arkansas Montessori ends at grade 5. These local EFA schools serve grade 6:

• Immaculate Conception Catholic School (North Little Rock, grades PK-8, about 1 mi)
• Abundant Life Christian Academy (Sherwood, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
• Calvary Academy (North Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 3 mi)
• North Little Rock Catholic Academy (North Little Rock, grades PK-8, about 4 mi)
• Easterseals Academy at Riverdale (Little Rock, grades K-12, about 5 mi)

Questions to ask the school

1. How do you bill EFA families: directly through ClassWallet each quarter, or do we pay and get reimbursed?
2. 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?
3. Which discounts and aid apply on top of the account?
4. Which nationally norm-referenced test do you give, and will you share my child's results?
5. Do you have openings in pre-K, and does a pre-K seat carry into kindergarten, when the account starts?

Closest private schools

Straight-line distance from federal survey coordinates.