Compass Academy, Conway AR: Tuition, Accepts EFA

Tuition: On the school’s website
Grades: 1-12
Students (K-12): 125
Students per teacher: 8
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Conway center: 3.1 miles

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Can you use EFA here?

✓ On the official Arkansas Education Freedom Account list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: The 2026-27 application and renewal period ran March 9 to June 1, 2026, through the state’s FACTS application portal. Applications filed after June 29, 2026 may be reviewed later only if funding allows. The Arkansas Department of Education says the 2027-28 application will open in March 2027; exact dates are not posted yet.

Source: the official list, read October 26, 2026.

What you would pay here

Net cost: Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page

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School facts

Teachers: 16
Student body: Coeducational
Program: Special education
Boys and girls: 55% boys, 45% girls
Go on to a 4-year college: 0%
Setting: City

School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

2019-20 to 2023-24: 79 to 125, up 46 (58%)
Path: Grew in each survey (97 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24

Largest grade: Grade 3 (19)
Smallest grade: Grade 2 (4)
Average a grade, high school included: About 10
Ungraded classes: 4 students

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 8 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,440
Classes, 2023-24: In person, virtual and hybrid
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Arkansas: 2 days longer than the 178-day median of 114 schools we list
School day, against Arkansas: 60 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (114 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 8 here; median 7.5 at 59 AR combined schools

Student body, 2023-24

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.

Compass Academy tuition, and what EFA pays

Published tuition: On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)

AR

Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts Education savings account

Award: $7,208 per student for 2026-27
How it varies: $8,011 for students who previously held a Succeed Scholarship, paid in four quarterly payments of $2,002.75.

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 2, 2026. Sources and how to apply

What would you pay at Compass Academy?

Yearly tuition the school quoted Fees, books, uniforms EFA award Children

Ask the school: Its full-year tuition and required fees; whether it still takes Education Freedom Account for 2026-27; its application deadline. More questions to ask

Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
St. Joseph School ✓	PreK-12	446	11.7	Roman Catholic	1
Conway Christian School ✓	PreK-12	564	11	Christian (nondenominational)	2
Ambassador Baptist Academy ✓	K-12	45	5.9	Baptist	5
The Decker School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				14

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