SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL

As a very small combined-grade school in SCOTT, Arkansas, SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL caters to 207 students from grades K through 12, run under ACADEMICS PLUS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 534 students.

Within ACADEMICS PLUS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS, which oversees 4 schools and 1,993 students, SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the resource side, On paper, SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. The state averages around 8.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.4%, the actual is 22.1%, a residual of -11.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Pulaski County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

COLLEGE STATION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 19.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting. As a public charter, SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. SCOTT CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 202 (now 207). The White share of enrollment contracted from 44% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.

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