BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary campus in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, part of LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 309 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 26% below typical.

Across the 40 schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT (22,320 students total), BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (80%). Beyond that, the school lists 8% White, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Pulaski County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Pulaski County (around 71%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 22.7%; actual is 5.2%, a gap of -17.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Pulaski County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

Nearest neighbor: LISA ACADEMY WEST HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 29.8%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 33%, going from 459 students in 2018 to 309 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 4% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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