Enrollment
236
Middle
DISTRICT 149 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS·NCES 050042305152
FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF
PINE BLUFF AR 71603, PINE BLUFF, AR 71603 · (870) 218-1250 · Jefferson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL236 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
156 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
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Student demographics
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Gender split
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ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
18.4%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
19.0%
AR avg 36.5%
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF
FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF is a cozy intermediate school in PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, one of the schools within FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS. The school hosts 236 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 49% smaller than typical.
FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF is one of 7 schools operated by FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS, a district that enrolls 1,350 students overall.
Demographically, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF records that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (97%). That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.6%; FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF posts 17.8%, -16.8 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $51,096 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF is one of 28 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 8,520 students).
The closest other public school is FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST PINE BLUFF, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 17.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area. FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,802
Census ACS
Median income
$51,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFFElementary · 469 students
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY DOWNTOWN PINE BLUFFElementary · 245 students
- FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK ELEMENTARYElementary · 200 students
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST PINE BLUFFHigh · 76 students
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 62 students
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY NORTH LITTLE ROCK ELEMENTARYElementary · 62 students
Other schools in PINE BLUFF
- PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 688 students
- PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 610 students
- WATSON CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 593 students
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFFElementary · 469 students
- COLEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 399 students
Nearby schools
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST PINE BLUFF0.0 mi · 76
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 345
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF2.6 mi · 469
- FORREST PARK GREENVILLE PRESCHOOL3.0 mi · 204
- THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 399
- EDGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 199
Frequently asked questions
About FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFFHow large is FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF?
FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF enrolls approximately 236 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF serve?
FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF?
Approximately 17.9:1 students per teacher at FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF.
What is the student diversity at FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF?
Student demographics at FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF are roughly 1% White, 0% Hispanic, 97% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF public or private?
FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS.
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