CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL

CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL, a micro-enrollment combined-grade school in HOPE, Arkansas, one of the schools within HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 69 students, covering grades 2 through 12. That puts it 87% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 534 students.

Within HOPE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 2,212 students, CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school logs 25% Hispanic, 14% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hempstead County as a whole is about 29% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.3:1, putting CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Hempstead County's rate of about 90%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 22.7%; this one comes in at 2.3%, -20.4 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hempstead County put the typical household earns roughly $46,787 per year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Hempstead County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,212 students), of which CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is YERGER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CREATIVE ACTION TEAM SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 20.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

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