Bentonville Christian Academy

EFA and Bentonville Christian Academy

The state's 2024-25 EFA report lists Bentonville Christian Academy as a participating school with 65 EFA students, 55% of its enrollment of about 119.

That ranks #11 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, 92% continued in the program the next school year and 86% stayed at Bentonville Christian 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, Bentonville Christian Academy's EFA students averaged the 43th percentile in math and the 51th in reading, near the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $212,330 to Bentonville Christian 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 95 students, 1 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 67.9:1. It lists memberships in National Christian School Association, 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

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

Bentonville Christian Academy ends at grade 8. These local EFA schools serve grade 9:

• Life Way Christian School (Centerton, grades PK-12, about 4 mi)
• Providence Classical Christian Academy (Rogers, grades K-12, about 7 mi)
• Shiloh Christian School (Springdale, grades K-12, about 15 mi)
• Prism North America (Fayetteville, grades PK-12, about 19 mi)
• The New School (Fayetteville, grades PK-12, about 20 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.