JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY

JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY, a minimally staffed middle-grades school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, run under ARKANSAS LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS, enrolls 156 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 66% below typical.

Across the 3 schools in ARKANSAS LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOLS (426 students total), JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY records that Black students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder comes out to 22% White, 7% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 22.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pulaski County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY. On composite proficiency, JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 16.4%.

JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY operates from a countryside location. JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE FLIGHTLINE ACADEMY's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 151 (now 156). Black enrollment moved from 37% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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