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Enrollment
430
Middle
DISTRICT 227 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LISA ACADEMY·NCES 050007401030
LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
23 CORPORATE HILL DR, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72205 · (501) 246-5853 · Pulaski County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
279 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 143 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 143 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 144 | 33% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
39.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
26.5%
AR avg 38.9% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.4% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 31.1% |
% 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
39.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (39.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 430 | 64.9% | 39.6% |
| GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL GREEN FOREST | 551 | 83.5% | 32.2% |
| LISA ACADEMY ROGERS-BENTONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ROGERS | 95 | 46.3% | 58.6% |
| PINNACLE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 807 | 51.9% | 45.2% |
| LISA ACADEMY NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 353 | 68.8% | 44.3% |
| CLARKSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL CLARKSVILLE | 370 | 73.8% | 29.9% |
Matched among Arkansas middle 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 LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.6% | #86 of 207 | #5 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #161 of 208 ▼ 33 | #8 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.4% | #65 of 208 ▲ 3 | #5 of 19 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #110 of 217 | #13 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #162 of 188 | #17 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.2% | #1 of 188 | #1 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.9% | #106 of 210 | #12 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.1% | #14 of 61 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
430
-93 (-18%) vs 2020
+41% since 2010-11, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 430 | 25 | 17.2:1 | 65% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 486 | 35.2 | 13.8:1 | 60% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 38.8 | 13.0:1 | 65% (326) |
| 2020-21 | 523 | 40 | 13.1:1 | 60% (313) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 26.9 | 13.2:1 | 28% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 484 | 32 | 15.1:1 | 40% (194) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 18 | 17.0:1 | 25% (77) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL
LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Arkansas, with an address in LITTLE ROCK. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 430 students.
LISA ACADEMY runs 13 schools with a combined 4,292 students. LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of them.
At LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, the largest share of students is Hispanic, at 33%. The remaining shares are 32% Black, 17% Asian, 15% White, and 2% multiracial. Pulaski County as a whole is about 8% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL's diversity index is 73%, against a US figure of 70%.
LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.2 students for each one. On average, middle schools in Arkansas have 13.9:1, compared with 17.2:1 here. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.6%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 35.7%.
Across Pulaski County, the median household income is $62,873, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. In all, Pulaski County has 133 public schools and roughly 64,124 students.
Nearby, LISA ACADEMY ARKANSAS HYBRID SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 24.9%; LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL's is 39.6%, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
2024-25 enrollment was 430, an 18% decrease from 523 in 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 13.1:1 to 17.2:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in LISA ACADEMY
- LISA ACADEMY NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
- LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 575 students
- LISA ACADEMY SPRINGDALEElementary · 450 students
- LISA ACADEMY WEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 394 students
- LISA ACADEMY ROGERS-BENTONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 393 students
- LISA ACADEMY FAYETTEVILLEElementary · 377 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- 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
- LISA ACADEMY ARKANSAS HYBRID SCHOOL0.1 mi · 236
- TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 328
- MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 254
- LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 575
- BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 309
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,072
Frequently asked questions
About LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 430 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.2:1 students per teacher at LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 15% White, 33% Hispanic, 32% Black, 17% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of LISA ACADEMY.
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