Saline County Christian Academy

EFA and Saline County Christian Academy

Saline County Christian Academy was on the state's list of EFA participating schools for 2024-25. 10 of its roughly 32 students (31%) paid with an Education Freedom Account that year.

That ranks #37 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, 100% continued in the program the next school year and 70% stayed at Saline County Christian 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, Saline County Christian Academy's EFA students averaged the 42th percentile in math and the 64th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $14,784 to Saline County Christian 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 25 students, 7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 3.2:1. It lists memberships in American Association of Christian Schools.

From kindergarten through grade 11, that's 12 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $86,496 in state funding over that span. The amount is set each year, so treat this as a planning number.

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 11: where students can continue

Saline County Christian Academy ends at grade 11. These local EFA schools serve grade 12:

• Arkansas Christian Academy (Bryant, grades PK-12, about 9 mi)
• Southwest Christian Academy (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 18 mi)
• Little Rock Christian Academy (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 21 mi)
• Baptist Preparatory School (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 21 mi)
• Catholic High School for Boys (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 23 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?

Closest private schools

Straight-line distance from federal survey coordinates.