BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized elementary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, one of the schools within PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 407 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 26 schools and 12,586 students, BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 33% Black, 19% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 26% of students at BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Pulaski County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 49.1%; BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 65.0%, +15.9 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Pulaski County put median household earnings sit near $62,873, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARK WEST LITTLE ROCK ELEM, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 27.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 381 (now 407). Black enrollment moved from 22% to 33% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for BAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.