ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 19 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
About ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL
Located at 6423 STAGECOACH ROAD, in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that educates 486 students (grades K through 8), run under ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE.
ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL is a school of ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
In terms of who attends, ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 11% White, 3% Native American. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.8%; ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL posts 16.9%, -16.9 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Pulaski County shows median household earnings sit near $62,873, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is J.A. FAIR K8 PREPARATORY SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 8.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
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