St. Joseph School
1101 College Ave, Conway, AR 72032Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-12
- Students (K-12)
- 446
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- Affiliation
- Roman Catholic
- From Conway center
- 1.8 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
- 38
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Diocese
- Diocese of Little Rock, AR
- Boys and girls
- 50% boys, 50% girls
- Go on to a 4-year college
- 75%
- 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
- 447 to 446, down 1
- Path
- Dipped to 425 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Kindergarten (50)
- Smallest grade
- Grade 12 (27)
- Average a grade, high school included
- About 34
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 178
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours 30 minutes
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,340
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person and virtual
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arkansas
- Same as the median of the 114 private 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
- 11.7 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.
- 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 School 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 St. Joseph School?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compass Academy ✓ | 1-12 | 125 | 1 |
| Conway Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 564 | 2 |
| Ambassador Baptist Academy ✓ | K-12 | 45 | 6 |
| The Decker School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | 13 | |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
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