ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL

Set in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack high school, part of ESTEM PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. It educates 676 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 33% larger than typical.

ESTEM PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,638 students; ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL logs that 63% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 16% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 62% of students at ESTEM HIGH 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), ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Pulaski County shows median household earnings sit near $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 24.9%.

ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location. ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL has climbed 47%, going from 460 students in 2018 to 676 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 30% to 16% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.