Pinnacle Classical Academy

EFA and Pinnacle Classical Academy

Pinnacle Classical Academy was on the state's list of EFA participating schools for 2024-25. 44 of its roughly 75 students (59%) paid with an Education Freedom Account that year.

That ranks #26 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 95% stayed at Pinnacle Classical Academy. 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, Pinnacle Classical Academy's EFA students averaged the 85th percentile in math and the 75th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $145,332 to Pinnacle Classical Academy 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 60 students, 9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 6.4:1. It lists memberships in Association of Classical Christian Schools.

From kindergarten through grade 10, that's 11 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $79,288 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

Church schools often offer member, sibling and staff discounts. Ask whether they still apply when part of the bill is paid from an EFA, and which fees (books, uniforms, technology) the school invoices through ClassWallet.

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After grade 10: where students can continue

Pinnacle Classical Academy ends at grade 10. These local EFA schools serve grade 11:

• Southwest Christian Academy (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 3 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)
• Baptist Preparatory School (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 8 mi)
• Arkansas Christian Academy (Bryant, grades PK-12, about 8 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.