INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL

INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL is a senior high of very small scale in FORT SMITH, Arkansas, run under INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS, enrolling 49 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 510 students each, so INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL sits 90% leaner than that benchmark.

INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS is the operating authority for INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Native American, 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL shows 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.8:1, putting INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Sebastian County's rate of about 65%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.9%, the actual is 37.8%, a residual of -9.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sebastian County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,790, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sebastian County's 44 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students), INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 22.4%.

The school occupies a high-density site. INSTITUTE FOR THE CREATIVE ARTS SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.