Fort Smith Montessori School

EFA and Fort Smith Montessori School

In 2024-25, 33 students at Fort Smith Montessori School used an Education Freedom Account, about 94% of the roughly 35 enrolled.

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

Of those EFA students, 91% continued in the program the next school year and 79% stayed at Fort Smith 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, Fort Smith Montessori School's EFA students averaged the 48th percentile in math and the 57th in reading, above the national median of 50. Statewide, EFA students averaged the 57th and 59th.

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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