Friendship Lab School for Dyslexia

EFA and Friendship Lab School for Dyslexia

Friendship Lab School for Dyslexia was on the state's list of EFA participating schools for 2024-25. 23 of its roughly 89 students (26%) paid with an Education Freedom Account that year.

That ranks #30 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, 57% continued in the program the next school year and 48% stayed at Friendship Lab School for Dyslexia. Statewide, schools kept 84% of their EFA students on average. Students who graduated count as leaving.

Participating schools give a nationally norm-referenced test each year. Friendship Lab School for Dyslexia serves students with learning differences, so its percentiles (22 math, 10 reading) reflect who it serves and aren't a fair comparison with general-enrollment schools.

In the federal Private School Survey (2023-24), the school reported 35 students, 5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 7.0:1.

From grade 1 through grade 9, that's 9 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $64,872 in state funding over that span. The amount is set each year, so treat this as a planning number.

Paying the balance

Former Succeed Scholarship students receive the higher 2026-27 amount of $8,011. Ask whether the school bills therapies separately, and whether those can be paid from the account.

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After grade 9: where students can continue

Friendship Lab School for Dyslexia ends at grade 9. These local EFA schools serve grade 10:

• Central Arkansas Christian School (North Little Rock, grades 6-12, about 3 mi)
• Baptist Preparatory School (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 4 mi)
• Little Rock Christian Academy (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 5 mi)
• Catholic High School for Boys (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 7 mi)
• Mount St. Mary Academy (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 7 mi)

Questions to ask the school

1. Which diagnoses and support levels do you serve, and do you have openings for my child's grade?
2. How do you bill EFA families: directly through ClassWallet each quarter, or do we pay and get reimbursed?
3. 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?
4. Which discounts and aid apply on top of the account?
5. Which nationally norm-referenced test do you give, and will you share my child's results?

Closest private schools

Straight-line distance from federal survey coordinates.