SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK

SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK, an one-room-style junior high in ROGERS, Arkansas, operated by SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NORTHWEST ARKANSAS, works with 87 students, covering grades 5 through 10. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 464 students each, so SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK sits 81% below that benchmark.

SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK sits inside SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NORTHWEST ARKANSAS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK shows that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 15% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the resource side, On paper, SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 5.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Benton County's rate of about 37%.

After controlling for student poverty, SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 73.5%, a residual of +23.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Benton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $93,506 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Benton County runs 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), of which SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK is one.

Nearest neighbor: ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area. As a public charter, SCHOOL FOR ADVANCED STUDIES-NW ARK runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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