Anthem Classical Academy

EFA and Anthem Classical Academy

The state's 2024-25 EFA report lists Anthem Classical Academy as a participating school with 69 EFA students, 62% of its enrollment of about 111.

That ranks #10 of 21 participating schools in Benton and Washington counties by number of EFA students. Its EFA share is above the local average of 47% across those schools.

Of those EFA students, 100% continued in the program the next school year and 94% stayed at Anthem Classical 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, Anthem Classical Academy's EFA students averaged the 76th percentile in math and the 79th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $241,538 to Anthem Classical 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 84 students, 11 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 7.1:1. It lists memberships in Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), Association of Classical Christian Schools.

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.

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 8: where students can continue

Anthem Classical Academy ends at grade 8. These local EFA schools serve grade 9:

• The New School (Fayetteville, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
• Fayetteville Christian School (Fayetteville, grades PK-12, about 2 mi)
• Prism North America (Fayetteville, grades PK-12, about 4 mi)
• Shiloh Christian School (Springdale, grades K-12, about 7 mi)
• Providence Classical Christian Academy (Rogers, grades K-12, about 15 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.