Desoto School
PO Box 2807, West Helena, AR 72390Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- Not published
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 201
- Students per teacher
- 10.1
- Affiliation
- Nonsectarian
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. Check the school’s website
School facts
- Teachers
- 20
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 51% boys, 49% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 60%
- Setting
- Rural
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 189 to 201, up 12 (6%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 11 (22)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 7 (9)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 15
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 178
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 15 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,290
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arkansas
- Same as the median of the 114 private schools we list
- School day, against Arkansas
- 15 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (114 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 10.1 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.
Desoto School tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website
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 Desoto School?
Use $0 or more.
Tuition and fees EFA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- 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 | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvell Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 152 | 16 |
| Lee Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 18 | |
| Calvary Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 50 | 33 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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