PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH

PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH is a very small four-year high school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, one of the schools within PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS OF ARKANSAS. The school enrolls 99 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 81% below typical.

PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH is one of 7 schools operated by PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS OF ARKANSAS, a district that teaches 657 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH reports that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 22% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Sebastian County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.8:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sebastian County (around 65%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.9%; this one comes in at 11.2%, -32.7 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Sebastian County shows median household earnings sit near $57,790, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH is one of 44 public schools in Sebastian County (combined enrollment of about 20,239 students).

PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.1%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting. As a public charter, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.