📍 3911 S Hazel St, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, 71603
Friendship Aspire Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County. The school has 373 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Friendship Aspire Academy Pine Bluff school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Friendship Aspire Academy enrolls 373 students across grades K–4. The student body is 43% male and 57% female. A teaching staff of 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 97% Black or African American, 1.3% White and 1.1% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 361 | 97% |
| White | 5 | 1.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 4 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
283 of the school's 373 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Friendship Aspire Academy is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). It operates as a public charter school. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-40.
Friendship Aspire Academy is one of 5 schools in FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS, based in PINE BLUFF, Arkansas. The district serves 1,350 students district-wide and employs 68 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 373 students, Friendship Aspire Academy is larger than the district average of about 270 students per school.
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