Enrollment
306
Elementary
STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCHOLARMADE ACHIEVEMENT PLACE OF ARKANSAS·NCES 050042101656
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY
2410 S BATTERY ST, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72215 · (501) 404-0012 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
22 FTE teachers
STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
306 students
STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 24% larger than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
17.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.6pp since 2023
Math
17.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.2pp since 2023
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 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.9% | 17.4% |
| 2023-24 | 11.3% | 9.2% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
15.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY's state test result (15.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY this school | 306 | 100.0% | 15.2% |
| BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 283 | 100.0% | 6.8% |
| SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 345 | 100.0% | 12.9% |
| MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 367 | 100.0% | 11.4% |
| MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 402 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
| KIPP: BLYTHEVILLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY BLYTHEVILLE | 292 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #424 of 461 | #47 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #411 of 465 ▲ 34 | #39 of 63 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #408 of 465 ▲ 38 | #41 of 63 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #387 of 531 | #49 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #73 of 480 | #9 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.6% | #479 of 480 | #65 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #17 of 513 | #1 of 69 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
306
+107 (+54%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 306 | 21.8 | 14.0:1 | 100% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 346 | 23.4 | 14.8:1 | 100% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 163 | 16.5 | 9.9:1 | 100% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 199 | 18 | 11.1:1 | 100% (199) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY.
About IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a low-enrollment elementary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. The school offers kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 306 students. That puts enrollment 27% below the 418-student average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY is administered by SCHOLARMADE ACHIEVEMENT PLACE OF ARKANSAS.
A large majority of enrollment at IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY is Black, at 99%. Among all residents of Pulaski County, the Black share is about 37%. The diversity index for IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 3%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.0 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY, which has 21.8. Elementary schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 16.0:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 100%. For comparison, public schools in Pulaski County average 71%.
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (15.2%) and its predicted rate (22.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
Pulaski County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $62,873 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Pulaski County number 133, with about 64,124 students.
DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.7 miles from IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY is 5th among 9 schools close by.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Mid-size: inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Federal counts for IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY: 199 students in 2020-21, 306 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. By 2024-25, the school had 14.0 students per teacher, compared with 11.1 in 2020-21.
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Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in SCHOLARMADE ACHIEVEMENT PLACE OF ARKANSAS
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- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Nearby schools
- DUNBAR MAGNET MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 315
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE0.7 mi · 292
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK0.7 mi · 78
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,371
- GIBBS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 291
- FRIENDSHIP ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK ELEMENTARY1.1 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMYHow many students attend IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 306 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY serve?
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY have?
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY?
At IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 1% Hispanic, 99% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY public or private?
IVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SCHOLARMADE ACHIEVEMENT PLACE OF ARKANSAS.
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