ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY

ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY, a reasonably sized elementary school in MARIANNA, Arkansas, overseen by LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 417 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 698 students, ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY lists that nearly all students (91%) are Black. Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 2% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 100% of students at ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.4%, the actual is 17.3%, a residual of -5.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lee County shows median household earnings sit near $34,375, roughly 7% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 32% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY is one of 2 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 698 students).

LEE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 17.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 459 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 10% to 2% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.