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What's the most underrated thing about FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
777
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900001601
FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY
5901 EVERGREEN, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72205 · (501) 447-2700 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL777 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
429 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 116 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 51% smaller than its 8th grade class (116).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
50.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
46.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 46.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.7% | 41.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY
FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY this school | 777 | 55.2% | 47.3% |
| JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 733 | 54.3% | 9.9% |
| FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 485 | 53.4% | 42.9% |
| SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHERWOOD | 516 | 48.8% | 39.1% |
| CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARY NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 499 | 59.9% | 27.8% |
| HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL MARION | 670 | 64.3% | 23.2% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #104 of 461 | #9 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #155 of 465 ▲ 16 | #11 of 63 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #83 of 465 ▼ 24 | #10 of 63 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 777 | #18 of 531 | #5 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #256 of 480 | #37 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #144 of 480 | #25 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.2% | #390 of 513 | #53 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.1% | #74 of 138 | #10 of 14 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
777
+54 (+7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 777 | 47.5 | 16.4:1 | 55% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 51.5 | 15.2:1 | 55% (428) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 47.4 | 15.6:1 | 50% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 52% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 719 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 24% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 56 | 12.7:1 | 100% (707) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY.
About FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY
Students in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, attend FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY, a large elementary school. It reports enrollment of 777 students in kindergarten through 8. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll around 418, and this school is 86% above that mark.
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT has 22,320 students in 40 schools, and FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY, about 58 are Black. Other reported shares: 27% White, 9% Hispanic, and 4% Asian. Pulaski County's residents are about 37% Black, 22 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
The school lists 47.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. It is about the same as the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. A total of 429 students, or 55%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Pulaski County, the average is 71%.
On the allk12 Grade, FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Test results at FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY are 8.0 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (47.3% actual, 39.3% predicted).
In the wider Pulaski County area, the median household earns about $62,873 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Pulaski County, 133 public schools serve about 64,124 students.
FAIR PARK EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is about 0.4 miles from FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY is 3rd on average proficiency.
FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 54 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.2:1 in 2020-21, and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Nearby schools
- FAIR PARK EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.4 mi · 195
- LITTLE ROCK HALL STEAM MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 305
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 379
- WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 340
- LISA ACADEMY WEST HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 394
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMYHow many students attend FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY?
FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY enrolls approximately 777 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY serve?
FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY have?
FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
What is the student diversity at FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY?
Student demographics at FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY are roughly 27% White, 9% Hispanic, 58% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY in?
FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY is part of LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.