St. Joseph Catholic School

EFA and St. Joseph Catholic School

234 of the roughly 445 students at St. Joseph Catholic School used an EFA in 2024-25 (53%), according to the state's annual report.

That ranks #2 of 5 participating schools in Faulkner County by number of EFA students. Its EFA share is above the local average of 44% across those schools.

Of those EFA students, 95% continued in the program the next school year and 93% stayed at St. Joseph Catholic 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, St. Joseph Catholic School's EFA students averaged the 52th percentile in math and the 53th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $675,620 to St. Joseph Catholic 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 446 students, 38 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 11.7:1. It lists memberships in National Catholic Educational Association.

From kindergarten through grade 12, that's 13 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $93,704 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

Catholic schools in the Diocese of Little Rock typically offer parish (participating-parishioner) rates and need-based aid. Ask how the EFA applies to the parish rate and whether diocesan assistance can cover the balance.

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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. Which concurrent-credit courses do you offer, and can those fees come from the account?
6. Do you have openings in pre-K, and does a pre-K seat carry into kindergarten, when the account starts?

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