Schools · Little Rock
Little Rock, AR schools
Little Rock’s public schools score well below Arkansas’s averages: 26% of students are proficient in reading against 36.8% statewide, and 78% of high schoolers graduate on time against 88.6%. Kids attend one of 24 schools through grade 8, then J.A. FAIR K8 PREPARATORY SCHOOL and LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL or HALL HIGH SCHOOL - WEST SOI.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C−
Little Rock’s School Grade: C-
The public schools Little Rock’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 78% of Arkansas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
CTest scoresDGraduation
Arkansas school districts we grade (258)Better than 22%
Lower resultsHigher results
Arkansas towns with similar household incomes (234)Better than 12%
High confidence. Built on 18,156 tested students and a graduating class of 1,636; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Arkansas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Arkansas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Arkansas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Little Rock kids go to school
Grades 9–12
D-LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL or DHALL HIGH SCHOOL - WEST SOI
Depends on your address Little Rock School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Well below the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Little Rock School District)26%
State average 36.8%
Reading (Pulaski County Special)31%
State average 36.8%
Math (grades PK–12, Little Rock School District)23%
State average 36.2%
Math (Pulaski County Special)27%
State average 36.2%
Graduation · class of 2020
78% graduate on time
Graduation rate
78%
AR: 88.6%
Graduating class
1,636
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #111 of 115 AR towns →
Districts
Two districts serve Little Rock
Little Rock School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 38 schools · 21,086 students
$17,548 per studentAR $13,585C-Pulaski County Special School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 25 schools · 12,368 students
$14,871 per studentAR $13,585CEach district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 89 schools in Little Rock
Showing 1–30 of 89 schools
ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades K–6 · 1,387 students
C-CharterDR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–8 · 1,252 students
PublicDON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 1,035 students
A+PublicCHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 897 students
DPublicJ.A. FAIR K8 PREPARATORY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–8 · 779 students
PublicFOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–8 · 777 students
APublicEXALT ACADEMY OF SOUTHWEST LITTLE ROCKElementary · Grades K–8 · 754 students
DCharterESTEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–6 · 672 students
CCharterESTEM EAST VILLAGE ELEMENTARY PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–6 · 609 students
CCharterLISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 575 students
C+CharterWAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 493 students
DPublicACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–8 · 486 students
CharterFULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 485 students
BPublicSTEPHENS ELEMENTARYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 474 students
D-PublicCHENAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 448 students
A+PublicDR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR LEADERSHIP & LANGUAGE MAGNET ACADElementary · Grades PK–5 · 414 students
D-PublicBAKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 407 students
A+PublicWATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 383 students
D-PublicFOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 379 students
A+PublicOTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 372 students
DPublicMABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 369 students
D-PublicWILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 340 students
B-PublicBALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 330 students
DPublicTERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 328 students
DPublicWASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 315 students
D-PublicBRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 309 students
D-PublicIVY HILL PREPARATORY ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–8 · 306 students
C-CharterGIBBS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades PK–5 · 291 students
B-PublicPULASKI HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 266 students
A-PublicMCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · Grades K–5 · 254 students
D-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.