ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL

ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is a 6-8 campus of mid-sized scale in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, operated by ESTEM PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, serveing 401 students in grades 7 through 8.

ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by ESTEM PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, a district that instructs 2,638 students overall.

In terms of who attends, ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school logs 13% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL logs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 74% of students at ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.9%; this one delivers 37.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pulaski County indicate median household income runs about $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

Nearest neighbor: ESTEM EAST VILLAGE JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 22.7%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 519 (now 401). The White share of enrollment edged down from 35% to 13% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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