✓ Education Freedom AccountGrades 6-8212 students11 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
Private schools in Fort Smith, AR
6 schools in Fort Smith itself and 1 more within 12 miles. 6 of them are on the state’s EFA list. EFA pays $7,208 per student for 2026-27.
Order: schools on the official EFA list first, then nearest. No school pays for its place. Map
Private schools in Fort Smith (6)
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✓ Education Freedom AccountGrades PreK-5183 students11.2 students per teacherRoman CatholicCo-ed
✓ Education Freedom AccountGrades PreK-759 students7.4 students per teacherNonsectarianMontessoriCo-ed
✓ Education Freedom AccountGrades PreK-599 students7.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
✓ Education Freedom AccountGrades PreK-12284 students10.6 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed100% to 4-year college
Grades PreK-KMethodistEarly childhoodCo-ed
Nearby, within 12 miles (1)
No matching schools.
Joshua Academy
8 mi✓ Education Freedom AccountGrades K-543 students14.3 students per teacherChristian (nondenominational)Co-ed
Fort Smith private schools at a glance
- Closest to downtown
- Trinity Catholic School, 1.8 mi
- Students
- about 880 in all; the typical school has 183
- Smallest and largest
- Joshua Academy, 43 students; Union Christian Academy, 284 students
- Students per teacher
- 10.6 typical, 5 to 14.3 across 7 schools
- Programs
- 1 Montessori
- Co-ed or single-sex
- all co-ed
- Association members
- 5, most often the National Catholic Educational Association
- Public charter schools within 15 mi
- 4, tuition-free and not counted above
Charter schools in Fort Smith
- Catholic2
- Christian, not Catholic4
- Nonsectarian1
In Fort SmithWithin 12 mi
- Pre-K (and up)5
- Elementary (K to 5)6
- Middle (6 to 8)3
- High school (9 to 12)1
- K to 12, one school1
In Fort SmithWithin 12 mi
- Under 501
- 50 to 1492
- 150 to 2993
- Fort Smith area86%
- All of Arkansas81%
Where these facts come from
- Grades, size, affiliation, co-ed, membership, college-going: NCES Private School Universe Survey 2023-24, downloaded September 20, 2026.
- Program list: Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts schools, list read October 26, 2026, checked November 4, 2026.
- Award and rules: Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts, official page, read October 2, 2026.
- Public charter schools: NCES Common Core of Data, public school directory 2025-26 (preliminary), loaded October 8, 2026.
What Arkansas pays
- Program
- Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts, education savings account
- Award
- $7,208 per student for 2026-27
- Also
- $8,011 for students who previously held a Succeed Scholarship, paid in four quarterly payments of $2,002.75.
Keep looking
- Christian schools in and around Fort Smith (4)
- Private elementary schools in and around Fort Smith (6)
- Private middle schools in and around Fort Smith (3)
- Private schools with pre-K in and around Fort Smith (5)
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- The private schools nearest you, by ZIP code or location
- All Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts schools
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