FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF

FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, part of FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS, hosting 469 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 7 schools in FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS (1,350 students total), FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF shows that nearly all students (95%) are Black. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 57% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 80% of students at FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $51,096, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Jefferson County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,520 students), of which FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF is one.

The closest other public school is FORREST PARK GREENVILLE PRESCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 10.4%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

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