Shiloh Christian School was founded in 1976 as a ministry of the First Baptist Church of Springdale, Arkansas, under the leadership of Pastor Cliff Palmer. The Board Minutes of March 24, 1976 indicate that Mr. Oakley Long was hired as the first superintendent. The school opened in Fall 1976 with fifteen workers. One hundred eighty students from kindergarten through sixth grade were enrolled. A new grade was added each year. The school graduated its first high school class in 1983, with twelve students.

In 1979, the First Baptist Church of Springdale moved from its downtown location to its present 72-acre site on Johnson Road. The school has benefited from this growth with its additional classrooms, a 2,900 seat Worship Center, a 300-seat chapel, a 1,400 seat basketball facility, new locker rooms and training facilities, band and choir rooms, and a new football stadium.

FBC Springdale shows continued support of Shiloh Christian School. In the early years, the church budgeted funds to subsidize the operations at the school. Currently, approximately 99% of the operating income of Shiloh Christian School comes from tuition and fees. The school enjoys substantial financial support from FBC Springdale, which never has charged the school for using the church's facilities and utilities. That support today is valued at over a million dollars per year.

Shiloh Christian School received its first accreditation in 1992.  It is accredited by ACSI – Association of Christian Schools International, ANSAA – Arkansas Nonpublic School Accrediting Association, and NCA – North Central Association on Accreditation and School Improvement.

Currently, Shiloh serves about 760 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade from all over Northwest Arkansas.   About half of the student body are members of First Baptist Church of Springdale and the Church at Pinnacle Hills. The remainder represent over sixty other churches from various denominations.

All Shiloh employees are professing born-again Christians, and full-time employees must be active members of either First Baptist Church of Springdale or the Church at Pinnacle Hills. The Church at Pinnacle Hills is the north campus of FBC Springdale. Full-time Shiloh employees with school-age children are required to send them to Shiloh Christian School. This gives the employees a vested interest in the success of the school. The Board provides full tuition waivers for the children of full-time Shiloh employees, which is a major incentive for the employees.

Shiloh Christian School has grown into a strong and viable Christian ministry that is preparing its students for the challenges of the 21st century. The readers of CitiScape Metro Monthly magazine have voted Shiloh the number one private school in the region.  Whether it is through challenging Advanced Placement classes, championship athletic teams, exemplary fine-arts programs, or service to God's Kingdom, Shiloh Christian students receive a well-rounded education in a distinctly Christian environment. Everyone at Shiloh Christian is looking with great anticipation to the future and what God has planned.