BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary-level community, part of LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 274 students across grades K through 5. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 40 schools operated by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 22,320 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 45% Black, 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 8% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 23.1%; BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 7.6%, -15.5 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pulaski County) logs that median household income runs about $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

THE EXCEL CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 11.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 6-year window, the student count declined 20%: 344 students in 2018 compared to 274 in 2024. The Black share of enrollment rose from 41% to 45% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2024.

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