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St. Mary's Catholic School & Preschool

310 N 2nd Street Paragould, AR 72450

Tel: (870) 236-3681

Quick Facts (2026)

Top Ranked AR School
Grades: Prekindergarten-6
Enrollment: 50 students
Yearly Tuition: $2,100
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: ✓Verified school update

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Quick Facts (2026)

Top Ranked AR School
Grades: Prekindergarten-6
Enrollment: 50 students
Yearly Tuition: $2,100
Application Deadline: None / Rolling
Source: ✓Verified school update

School Rankings

St. Mary's Catholic School & Preschool ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Arkansas for:

School Facts

Religious Affiliation

Catholic

Grades Offered

Grades Prekindergarten-6

Students By Grade

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Distribution of Students By Grade
Grade	St. Mary's Catholic School & Preschool
Pre-K	16
Kind	6
1	8
2	4
3	2
4	6
5	5
6	3

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Year Founded

1890

Student Body

Total Students

50 students

Student Body Type

Co-ed

% Students of Color

28%

State avg.: 22%

Academics & Faculty

Total Classroom Teachers

4 teachers

Student-Teacher Ratio

13:1

National avg.: 11:1

Tuition & Acceptance Rate

Admission Deadline

None / Rolling

Yearly Tuition Cost

$2,100

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Application URL

Online Application

School Notes

The purpose of St. Mary's school is to provide a quality education by promoting academic achievement self-discipline, and a firm foundation of Catholic Christian ethics.
The philosophy of St. Mary's Catholic School is to provide an atmosphere of faith, where students are called to academic excellence, self-discipline, and knowledge of God, provide a high quality education for each child regardless of race, religion, or socioeconomic background, while proclaiming the message of Jesus, to work to develop both the mind and body of our students through our faith community and service to others, to provide comfortable, well-tended facilities staffed by priests, lay teachers, support staff, and caring involved parents and patron volunteers of our school community, to work as partners to provide a safe, comfortable, loving environment where students may grow spiritually and academically, to encourage students to love and respect themselves and others, to be honest and fair, to have a rich and fruitful relationship with God, and to become lifelong learners.
The goals are to create a Christian educational community where human knowledge, enlightened and enlivened by faith, is shared by teacher, students and parents in a spirit of freedom and love, to develop religious understanding and provide opportunities for personal commitment to religious values, to foster a Christian understanding of mutual responsibilities for another.

School Motto: Be it known to all who enter here that CHRIST Is the reason for this school. He is unseen but ever present teacher in its classes. He is the model of its faculty and the inspiration of its students.

The purpose of St. Mary's school, pre-K through 6, is to provide a quality education by promoting academic achievement, self-discipline, and a firm foundation of Catholic Christian ethics.

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St. Mary's Catholic School & Preschool's tuition is approximately $2,100 for private students.

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St. Mary's Catholic School & Preschool ranks among the top 20% of private schools in Arkansas for: Least expensive tuition and Oldest founding date.

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The application deadline for St. Mary's Catholic School & Preschool is rolling (applications are reviewed as they are received year-round).

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The average private school tuition in Arkansas is $9,051 for elementary schools and $8,852 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).

The average acceptance rate in Arkansas is 85% (read more about average acceptance rates across the country).