Joshua Academy
1901 Liberty Ln, Van Buren, AR 72956Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- K-5
- Students (K-12)
- 43
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Fort Smith center
- 8.0 miles
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
School facts
- Teachers
- 3
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 47% boys, 53% girls
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
Students by grade, 2023-24
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (11)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 3 (4)
- Average a grade
- About 7
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 178
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,250
- 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
- About the median of 7 hours (114 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 14.3 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.
- Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.
Joshua Academy tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
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 Joshua Academy?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Christian Academy ✓ | PreK-12 | 284 | 5 |
| Trinity Catholic School ✓ | 6-8 | 212 | 7 |
| First UMC Weekday School | PreK-K | 13 | 7 |
| Christ the King Catholic School ✓ | PreK-5 | 183 | 8 |
| The Montessori School of Fort Smith ✓ | PreK-7 | 59 | 9 |
| Harvest Time Academy ✓ | PreK-5 | 99 | 11 |
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