The Hill School
88 W Joyce Blvd, Fayetteville, AR 72703Open, per Google (checked Sep 20, 2026)
Key facts
- Tuition
- On the school’s website
- Grades
- PreK-4
- Students (K-12)
- 53
- Students per teacher
- 6.7
- Affiliation
- Christian (nondenominational)
- From Fayetteville center
- 3.3 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
- 8
- Student body
- Coeducational
- Program
- Alternative
- Boys and girls
- 43% boys, 57% girls
- Setting
- City
- 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
- 2021-22 to 2023-24
- 125 to 53, down 72 (58%)
Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)
- Largest grade
- Transitional kindergarten and kindergarten (12 each)
- Smallest grade
- Transitional first grade (1)
- Across the grades
- Classes thin out toward the upper grades
The school year
- Days in the school year
- 180
- Length of the school day
- 7 hours
- Hours of school a year
- about 1,260
- Kindergarten
- Full day, 5 days a week
- Classes, 2023-24
- In person
- Library or media center
- Yes
- Year, against Arkansas
- 2 days longer than the 178-day median of 114 schools we list
- School day, against Arkansas
- About the median of 7 hours (114 schools we list)
How it compares
- Students per teacher
- 6.7 here; median 9.7 at 39 AR elementary schools
- Size in Washington County
- Larger than 1 of 7 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.
The Hill School tuition, and what EFA pays
- Published tuition
- On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)
- Nearby schools’ prices
- $5,500 to $9,608 a year, published by 2 private schools nearby. School by school
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 The Hill 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
Tuition at nearby private schools
| School | Published tuition | Year | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville Christian School | $5,500 | 2026-27 | 1.1 |
| St. Joseph Catholic School | $9,608 | 2026-27 | 1.3 |
Each figure was read on that school's own website. Ranges run from the lowest to the highest grade band.
Other private schools nearby
| School | Grades | Students | Miles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fayetteville Nature School ✓ | On the state list; not in the federal survey | <1 | |
| Fayetteville Christian School ✓ | PreK-12 | 138 | 1 |
| Prism North America ✓ | PreK-12 | 163 | 1 |
| The Grace School at Children's ABA T.E.A.M. ✓ | Ungraded | 21 | 1 |
| St. Joseph Catholic School ✓ | PreK-8 | 357 | 1 |
| The New School ✓ | PreK-12 | 307 | 2 |
| Montessori School | PreK-3 | 323 | 2 |
| First School of First United Presbyterian Church | PreK-Transitional K | 7 | 2 |
On the program’s official list Other private schools
Keep looking
- All private schools near Fayetteville
- Christian schools in Arkansas
- Private elementary schools in Arkansas
- Private schools with kindergarten in Arkansas
- Private schools with pre-K in Arkansas
- Private schools in Washington County
- Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts: amount and eligibility
- All Arkansas Education Freedom Accounts schools
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