St. Joseph Catholic School
1722 N Starr Dr, Fayetteville, AR 72701Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition, 2026-27
- $9,608
- Grades
- PreK-8
- Students (K-12)
- 357
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Fayetteville 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
School facts
- Teachers
- 27
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Little Rock, AR
- Boys and girls
- 52% boys, 48% girls
- Setting
- City
- Member of
- National Catholic Educational Association
- 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
- 279 to 357, up 78 (28%)
- Path
- Grew in each survey (313 in 2021-22)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten and grade 4 (44 each)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 8 (29)
- Average a grade
- About 40
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
- 13.4 here; median 9.7 at 39 AR elementary schools
- Size in Washington County
- Largest of the 8 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.
St. Joseph Catholic School tuition, and what EFA pays
- Grades K to 5, 2026-27
- $9,608
- Grades 6 to 8, 2026-27
- $9,608
- Required fees
- $200 a year
Tuition from St. Joseph Catholic School's tuition sheet, checked October 5, 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 St. Joseph Catholic School?
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Tuition and fees EFA pays You pay per year Spread over 10 months
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Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 138 | 1 |
| The Hill School ✓ | PreK-4 | 53 | 1 |
| Fayetteville Nature School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 2 | |
| First School of First United Presbyterian Church | PreK-Transitional K | 7 | 2 |
| Prism North America ✓ | PreK-12 | 163 | 2 |
| The Grace School at Children's ABA T.E.A.M. ✓ | Ungraded | 21 | 3 |
| Montessori School | PreK-3 | 323 | 3 |
| The New School ✓ | PreK-12 | 307 | 3 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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