FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH

As an intimate high school in FORT SMITH, Arkansas, FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH hosts 235 students from grades 9 through 12, run under FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH. That puts it 54% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 510 students.

Operationally, FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH answers to FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On the student-mix side, FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 17% Hispanic, 15% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Native American. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.5:1. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sebastian County (around 65%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 20.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Sebastian County put median household income runs about $57,790, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sebastian County runs 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students), of which FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH is one.

HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area. FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FUTURE SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH has climbed 45%, going from 162 students in 2018 to 235 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 44% to 54%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 5.5:1 in 2025.

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