LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL

LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment middle school in NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, run under LISA ACADEMY. Current enrollment sits at 353 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 464.

LISA ACADEMY comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 4,292 students; LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 26% Hispanic, 22% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.6%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of +8.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Pulaski County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,873, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LISA ACADEMY NORTH HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 30.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting. LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Trend over the last 7 years. LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 45% since 2018, when it stood at 244 (now 353). White enrollment moved from 36% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

On the community side, 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.