The Huda Academy

EFA and The Huda Academy

The Huda Academy was on the state's list of EFA participating schools for 2024-25. 39 of its roughly 250 students (16%) paid with an Education Freedom Account that year.

That ranks #28 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, 97% continued in the program the next school year and 97% stayed at The Huda 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, The Huda Academy's EFA students averaged the 52th percentile in math and the 51th in reading, near the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $130,692 to The Huda 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 147 students, 15 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 9.8:1. It lists memberships in Council of Islamic Schools in North America.

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

Faith-based schools of every tradition can participate in the EFA on the same terms. Ask about community-funded tuition assistance for the balance.

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After grade 8: where students can continue

The Huda Academy ends at grade 8. These local EFA schools serve grade 9:

• Catholic High School for Boys (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 2 mi)
• Mount St. Mary Academy (Little Rock, grades 9-12, about 3 mi)
• Episcopal Collegiate School (Little Rock, grades PK-12, about 3 mi)
• Easterseals Academy at Riverdale (Little Rock, grades K-12, about 3 mi)
• Pinnacle Classical Academy (Little Rock, grades PK-10, about 5 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.