Leapfrog Montessori Forest School

EFA and Leapfrog Montessori Forest School

The state's 2024-25 EFA report lists Leapfrog Montessori Forest School as a participating school with 31 EFA students, 78% of its enrollment of about 40.

That ranks #12 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 84% stayed at Leapfrog Montessori Forest 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, Leapfrog Montessori Forest School's EFA students averaged the 57th percentile in math and the 38th in reading, near the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $108,466 to Leapfrog Montessori Forest School from EFA accounts in the spring 2024-25 transactions the report covers. Fall transactions aren't broken out by provider.

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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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?

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