📍 700 South Main St, Pine Bluff, Jefferson County, 71601
Friendship Aspire Academy Downtown Pine Bluff is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pine Bluff, Jefferson County. The school has 157 pupils enrolled. The Principal is P. Williams. It is part of the Friendship Aspire Academy Pine Bluff school district. It serves grades K–3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. It operates as a public charter school.
Friendship Aspire Academy Downtown Pine Bluff enrolls 157 students across grades K–3. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 10.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Black or African American and 1.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 155 | 99% |
| White | 2 | 1.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
116 of the school's 157 students (74%) 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 Downtown Pine Bluff 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 Downtown Pine Bluff 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 157 students, Friendship Aspire Academy Downtown Pine Bluff is smaller than the district average of about 270 students per school.
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