Lighthouse Homeschool Cooperative, Bono AR: K-10

Tuition: Not published
Grades: K-10
Students (K-12): 59
Students per teacher: 21.1
Affiliation: Baptist
From Jonesboro center: 6.6 miles

All school facts and where they come from

Can you use EFA here?

Not on the EFA list we read

About the list: How the EFA list works
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: EFA official source, read October 26, 2026.

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School facts

Teachers: 3
Student body: Coeducational
Program: Special education
Boys and girls: 80% boys, 20% girls
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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On its website

Programs it says it accepts: Education Freedom Account (EFA): jbrlighthouse.com/enrollment, read October 14, 2026.

What Lighthouse Homeschool Cooperative says on jbrlighthouse.com, read October 14, 2026.
A program it says it accepts is its own statement, not the official list.

Students and school year

Students by grade, 2023-24

Largest grade: Grade 2 and grade 3 (8 each)
Smallest grade: 4 grades (1 each)
Across the grades: Classes thin out toward the upper grades
High school grades: Average 1; lower grades 4
Ungraded classes: 17 students

The school year

Days in the school year: 240
Length of the school day: 7 hours 30 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,800
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against Arkansas: 62 days longer than the 178-day median of 114 schools we list
School day, against Arkansas: 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (114 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 21.1 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.
Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.

Lighthouse Homeschool Cooperative tuition, and what EFA pays

Published tuition: No verified figure yet. Check the school’s website

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 Lighthouse Homeschool Cooperative?

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
Ridgefield Christian School ✓	PreK-12	164	6.8	Christian (nondenominational)	2
Montessori School of Jonesboro	PreK-K	15	15	Nonsectarian	5
Miracle Kids Success Academy	Ungraded	65	2.6	Nonsectarian	5
All Saints Lutheran School ✓	1-11	17	7.1	Lutheran Church (Missouri Synod)	5
Blessed Sacrament Catholic School ✓	PreK-6	111	12.9	Roman Catholic	6
The Academy of TLC ✓	K-3	24	8	Nonsectarian	8
Arrows Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				14

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