Our Lady of the Holy Souls, 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 Our Lady of the Holy Souls

$7,208

Account for 2026-27, per student

250

EFA students here in 2024-25

90%

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

Our Lady of the Holy Souls was on the state's list of EFA participating schools for 2024-25. 250 of its roughly 470 students (53%) paid with an Education Freedom Account that year.

That ranks #7 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, 98% continued in the program the next school year and 90% stayed at Our Lady of the Holy Souls. 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, Our Lady of the Holy Souls's EFA students averaged the 56th percentile in math and the 57th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $767,232 to Our Lady of the Holy Souls from EFA accounts in the spring 2024-25 transactions the report covers. Fall transactions aren't broken out by provider.

In the federal Private School Survey (2023-24), the school reported 448 students, 34 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 13.2:1. It lists memberships in National Catholic Educational Association.

From kindergarten through grade 8, 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. Pre-K years are not covered; the account starts at kindergarten.

Paying the balance

Catholic schools in the Diocese of Little Rock typically offer parish (participating-parishioner) rates and need-based aid. Ask how the EFA applies to the parish rate and whether diocesan assistance can cover the balance.

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After grade 8: where students can continue

Our Lady of the Holy Souls ends at grade 8. These local EFA schools serve grade 9:

Mount St. Mary Academy (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 0 mi)
Catholic High School for Boys (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 1 mi)
Easterseals Academy at Riverdale (Little Rock, grades K-12, about 2 mi)
Episcopal Collegiate School (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
Central Arkansas Christian School (North Little Rock, grades 6-12, 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
Mount St. Mary Academy	Catholic	9-12	0.2 mi	✓
Catholic High School for Boys	Catholic	9-12	0.6 mi	✓
The Children's House Montessori School	Montessori	PK-1	0.9 mi	—
The Academy at Riverdale	Learning differences	K-12	1.6 mi	—
Easterseals Academy at Riverdale	Learning differences	K-12	1.6 mi	✓
The Anthony School	Independent	PK-8	1.7 mi	✓

Straight-line distance from federal survey coordinates.