Harvest Time Academy, Fort Smith AR: PreK-5, Accepts EFA

Tuition: Not published
Grades: PreK-5
Students (K-12): 99
Students per teacher: 7.6
Affiliation: Christian (nondenominational)
From Fort Smith center: 3.3 miles

All school facts and where they come from

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

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School facts

Teachers: 13
Student body: Coeducational
Boys and girls: 40% boys, 60% girls
Setting: City

Member of: Association of Christian Schools International

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: 138 to 99, down 39 (28%)
Path: Fell in each survey (100 in 2021-22)

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Kindergarten (28)
Smallest grade: Grade 2 (8)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades

The school year

Days in the school year: 178
Length of the school day: 7 hours 10 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,280
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: 10 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (114 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 7.6 here; median 9.7 at 39 AR elementary 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.

Harvest Time Academy 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 Harvest Time Academy?

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

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
The Montessori School of Fort Smith ✓	PreK-7	59	7.4	Nonsectarian	3
Christ the King Catholic School ✓	PreK-5	183	11.2	Roman Catholic	4
Trinity Catholic School ✓	6-8	212	11	Roman Catholic	5
First UMC Weekday School	PreK-K	13	5	Methodist	5
Union Christian Academy ✓	PreK-12	284	10.6	Christian (nondenominational)	6
Joshua Academy ✓	K-5	43	14.3	Christian (nondenominational)	11

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