EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK

EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK is a high-enrollment primary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, one of the schools within EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK. The school teaches 754 students in grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 80% larger than the state mean of about 418.

EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK sits inside EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK shows that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 15% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

On the resource side, The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 96% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 23.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 17.0%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Pulaski County put median household earnings sit near $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Pulaski County's 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLOVERDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK. On composite proficiency, EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 12.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. EXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCK operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 101%: 375 students in 2018 compared to 754 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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