State/Public Elementary Open

J.a. Fair K8 Preparatory School

๐Ÿ“ 13240 David O. Dodd, Little Rock, Pulaski County, 72210

898
Pupils
13.0
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

J.a. Fair K8 Preparatory School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Little Rock, Pulaski County. The school has 898 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Melinda Modica. It is part of the Little Rock School District school district. It serves grades Kโ€“8 in an urban setting. The school employs 69.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.

School details

Principal
Melinda Modica
School district
Little Rock School District

Enrollment & staffing

J.a. Fair K8 Preparatory School enrolls 898 students across grades Kโ€“8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 69.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.

Male students
465 (52%)
Female students
433 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
69.2
Student-teacher ratio
13.0:1
Grade span
Kโ€“8

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Black or African American, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 6.6% White.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
Black or African American63871%
Hispanic or Latino17920%
White596.6%
Asian7<1%
Two or more races7<1%
American Indian or Alaska Native6<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

805 of the school's 898 students (90%) 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.

School setting & status

City, MidsizeGrades Kโ€“8Title I

J.a. Fair K8 Preparatory School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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-20.

School district: LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT

J.a. Fair K8 Preparatory School is one of 40 schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. The district serves 21,086 students district-wide and employs 1,424 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 898 students, J.a. Fair K8 Preparatory School is larger than the district average of about 527 students per school.

21,086
District students
40
Schools
1,424
Teachers (FTE)

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