Life Way Christian School
PO Box 220, Centerton, AR 72719Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- From $9,390
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 507
- Students per teacher
- 13.2
- Affiliation
- Baptist
- From Bentonville center
- 3.2 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
- EFA’s 2026-27 amount per student is not yet verified word for word, so it is not subtracted. See the school’s tuition page
School facts
- Teachers
- 41
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Boys and girls
- 49% boys, 51% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 89%
- Setting
- Suburb
- 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
- 368 to 507, up 139 (38%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (397 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Grade 8 (62)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (26)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 39
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 178
- Length of the school day
- 6 hours 50 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,220
- 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 shorter than the median of 7 hours (114 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 13.2 here; median 7.5 at 59 AR combined schools
- Size in Benton County
- Larger than 8 of 9 other schools we list
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.
Life Way Christian School tuition, and what EFA pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $9,390
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $9,955
- Grades 9 to 12, 2026-27
- $10,155
- By grade
- Rates vary within these bands (details below)
Tuition from Life Way Christian School's website, checked 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 Life Way Christian School?
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Tuition and fees EFA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
- Tuition filled in: the lowest published price we list (grades K to 5, 2026-27).
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wisdom and Truth Classical Academy ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 3 | |
| Thaden School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 4 | |
| Bentonville SDA School ✓ | PreK-8 | 29 | 6 |
| Walnut Farm Montessori School ✓ | PreK-4 | 55 | 7 |
| Providence Classical Christian Academy ✓ | K-12 | 578 | 7 |
| Clover Community School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 8 | |
| Olive Grove Nature School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 8 | |
| First Academy ✓ | PreK-5 | 114 | 9 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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