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FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE
Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE
FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE is one of the sprawling primary schools in ROGERS, Arkansas, run under FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS, with 787 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 88% above typical.
Across the 7 schools in FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS (1,662 students total), FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE logs that the largest single group is Asian at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 36% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 5% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 7% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Benton County's rate of about 37%.
After controlling for student poverty, FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 66.8%.
Around the school, census data for Benton County shows median household income runs about $93,506, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Benton County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), of which FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: ISCHOOL VIRTUAL ACADEMY OF ARKANSAS, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 55.3%.
The school occupies a city-core site. FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE 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. FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMIES OF ARKANSAS BENTONVILLE's enrollment has ticked up 62% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 787). Over the same period, the White share fell from 62% to 36%.
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