The Anthony School

EFA and The Anthony School

The Anthony School was on the state's list of EFA participating schools for 2024-25. 153 of its roughly 341 students (45%) paid with an Education Freedom Account that year.

That ranks #14 of 40 participating schools in Pulaski and Saline counties by number of EFA students. Its EFA share is close to the local average of 48% across those schools.

Of those EFA students, 93% continued in the program the next school year and 82% stayed at The Anthony School. 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, The Anthony School's EFA students averaged the 64th percentile in math and the 65th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $517,752 to The Anthony School 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 287 students, 37 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 7.8:1. It lists memberships in State/regional independent school association (e.g., ISAS).

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

Independent schools set their own need-based aid. Ask whether the school counts the EFA before or after it calculates aid. That order can change your balance by thousands of dollars.

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After grade 8: where students can continue

The Anthony School ends at grade 8. These local EFA schools serve grade 9:

• Catholic High School for Boys (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 1 mi)
• Mount St. Mary Academy (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 2 mi)
• Baptist Preparatory School (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
• Easterseals Academy at Riverdale (Little Rock, grades K-12, about 3 mi)
• Central Arkansas Christian School (North Little Rock, grades 6-12, about 3 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.