The Office of Catholic Schools provided the following statistics for the 2017-18 school year for the Diocese of Little Rock.
• Schools: 27
• Total enrollment: 6,706
• Elementary enrollment: 4,836
• Secondary enrollment: 1,870
• Percentage of Catholic students: 77
• Total enrollment in preschools: 734
• Percent of white students: 89
• Percent of multi-racial students: 4.6
• Percent of Asian students: 4
• Percent of black students: 1.6
(The remaining students are Native American, Pacific islanders or unknown.)
• Percent of Hispanic students: 15.1
• Average annual cost of educating one child in elementary school: $5,802
• Average annual cost of educating one child in secondary schools: Ranges from $6,258 at Catholic High School and $12,503 at Mount St. Mary Academy. Subiaco Academy, a boarding school, ranges from $22,000 to $35,300 for boarding students and $8,000 for day students
• Average tuition for elementary for first Catholic child: $3,711
• Average tuition for secondary: $6,336 (Catholic student) or $7,382 (non-Catholic student), not including Subiaco Academy
• Total professional staff: 635
• Percentage of lay staff: 96.8
• Percentage of Catholic staff: 77.3
All students in first to eighth grade take the Terra Nova National Achievement Test annually. Any score above the 50th percentile is above average.
First grade: 83
Second grade: 81
Third grade: 77
Fourth grade: 83
Fifth grade: 81
Sixth grade: 83
Seventh grade: 86
Eighth grade: 88
Catholic
State Schools
Subject Average Average
English 18.9 25.5
Math 19.0 23.2
Reading 19.7 25.3
Science 19.5 23.7
Composite 19.4 24.5
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