Immaculate Conception School

EFA and Immaculate Conception School

In 2024-25, 121 students at Immaculate Conception School used an Education Freedom Account, about 53% of the roughly 230 enrolled.

That ranks #2 of 8 participating schools in Sebastian and Crawford counties by number of EFA students. Its EFA share is below the local average of 64% across those schools.

Of those EFA students, 96% continued in the program the next school year and 86% stayed at Immaculate Conception 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, Immaculate Conception School's EFA students averaged the 51th percentile in math and the 54th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

Families paid $362,667 to Immaculate Conception School from EFA accounts in the spring 2024-25 transactions the report covers. Fall transactions aren't broken out by provider.

From kindergarten through grade 5, that's 6 school years. At the 2026-27 amount, a child who uses an account every year here would bring about $43,248 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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After grade 5: where students can continue

Immaculate Conception School ends at grade 5. These local EFA schools serve grade 6:

• Union Christian Academy (Fort Smith, grades PK-12)
• Trinity Catholic School (Fort Smith, grades 6-8)
• First Lutheran School (Fort Smith, grades PK-6)

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?

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