WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL

WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL is a very small 6-8 campus in NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, run under WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS. The school serves 86 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 464 students per school, that is 81% smaller than typical.

WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL is a school of WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest looks like 27% White, 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.8:1. The state averages around 13.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.4%; this one delivers 24.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Pulaski County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Pulaski County's 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARY, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 30.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area. WESTWIND SCHOOL FOR PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.