PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL

PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, a sizable secondary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, run under LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 1,072 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL sits 110% larger than that benchmark.

LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 40 schools with combined enrollment of 22,320 students; PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL reports that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 11% White, 10% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL lists 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Roughly 68% of students at PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.8%; this one delivers 27.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pulaski County put median household income runs about $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

Nearest neighbor: ROMINE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 18.7%.

PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 1,111 students in 2018 compared to 1,072 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share expanded from 62% to 76%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.