FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL

FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school of rural-scale scale in PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, part of FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS, educateing 62 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 1,350 students; FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 19% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.5%; actual is 6.6%, a gap of -23.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, Pulaski County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK ELEMENTARY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 18.8%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting. FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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