EFA and The Children's House Montessori School
The Children's House Montessori School was not on the state's 2024-25 list of EFA participating schools, and it is not on the current list either. Schools can apply to participate each year, so ask whether it has applied. Until it does, an Education Freedom Account can't pay its tuition, though a homeschool or hybrid family may still use the account for other approved expenses.
In the federal Private School Survey (2023-24), the school reported 2 students and a student-teacher ratio of about 2.2:1. It lists memberships in Association Montessori International.
From kindergarten through grade 1, that's 2 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $14,416 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
Montessori programs often start before kindergarten. The EFA begins at kindergarten (age 5 by August 1), so pre-K years are paid privately or through other early-childhood aid.
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After grade 1: where students can continue
The Children's House Montessori School ends at grade 1. These local EFA schools serve grade 2:
- Our Lady of the Holy Souls (Little Rock, grades PK-8, about 1 mi)
- Easterseals Academy at Riverdale (Little Rock, grades K-12, about 1 mi)
- Episcopal Collegiate School (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
- Shiloh Excel Christian School (Little Rock, grades K-8, about 2 mi)
- North Little Rock Catholic Academy (North Little Rock, grades PK-8, about 2 mi)
Questions to ask the school
- Have you applied to participate in the Education Freedom Account program?
- 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 | 0.8 mi | ✓ |
| Our Lady of the Holy Souls | Catholic | PK-8 | 0.9 mi | ✓ |
| The Academy at Riverdale | Learning differences | K-12 | 1.0 mi | — |
| Easterseals Academy at Riverdale | Learning differences | K-12 | 1.0 mi | ✓ |
| Catholic High School for Boys | Catholic | 9-12 | 1.4 mi | ✓ |
| Episcopal Collegiate School | Episcopal | PK-12 | 1.6 mi | ✓ |
Straight-line distance from federal survey coordinates.