Walnut Farm Montessori School

EFA and Walnut Farm Montessori School

The state's 2024-25 EFA report lists Walnut Farm Montessori School as a participating school with 13 EFA students, 25% of its enrollment of about 51.

That ranks #20 of 21 participating schools in Benton and Washington counties by number of EFA students. Its EFA share is below the local average of 47% across those schools.

Of those EFA students, 69% continued in the program the next school year and 69% stayed at Walnut Farm Montessori 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, Walnut Farm Montessori School's EFA students averaged the 57th percentile in math and the 66th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $43,735 to Walnut Farm Montessori 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 55 students, 5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-teacher ratio of about 10.0:1. It lists memberships in American Montessori Society.

From kindergarten through grade 4, that's 5 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $36,040 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

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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After grade 4: where students can continue

Walnut Farm Montessori School ends at grade 4. These local EFA schools serve grade 5:

• Bentonville Christian Academy (Bentonville, grades PK-8, about 3 mi)
• St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School (Rogers, grades PK-8, about 4 mi)
• Providence Classical Christian Academy (Rogers, grades K-12, about 7 mi)
• Life Way Christian School (Centerton, grades PK-12, about 7 mi)
• First Academy (Rogers, grades PK-5, about 7 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.