PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK

PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK is one of the one-room-style four-year high schools in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, overseen by PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS OF ARKANSAS, with 78 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 510 students per school, that is 85% leaner than typical.

PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK is one of 7 schools operated by PREMIER HIGH SCHOOLS OF ARKANSAS, a district that caters to 657 students overall.

Demographically, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK records that 100% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The wider county runs roughly 37% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 8.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 43.1%; this one comes in at 0.0%, -43.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pulaski County) shows that median household income runs about $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. PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

The closest other public school is PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL ONLINE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 19.0%.

PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK operates from an urban location. PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF LITTLE ROCK 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 edged down 32%: 114 students in 2018 compared to 78 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 95% to 100%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 in 2025.

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