LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized elementary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, run under LISA ACADEMY. Current enrollment sits at 575 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% larger than the state mean of about 418.

Within LISA ACADEMY, which oversees 13 schools and 4,292 students, LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 47% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 33% Hispanic, 10% White, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

In terms of school funding signals, LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 23.2%, a residual of -8.8 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pulaski County) logs that median household earnings sit near $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

The closest other public school is TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.4%.

LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location. LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 586 students in 2018 compared to 575 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 26% to 33% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.