Summary:
The Arkansas Lighthouse Charter Schools district contains one middle school, Jacksonville Lighthouse Flightline Academy, which serves grades 5 through 8 with 156 students in the Jacksonville area.
Jacksonville Lighthouse Flightline Academy is a single school facing significant academic challenges. Its state ranking has dropped sharply from the 27th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 9th percentile in 2025-2026, placing it in the bottom 10% of Arkansas middle schools with a 0-star rating. Academic proficiency rates are well below state averages across all subjects: Mathematics (16.5% vs. state 44.1%), English Language Arts (22.4% vs. 39.4%), Reading (23.8% vs. 40.4%), and Science (29.7% vs. 44.0%). The most critical weakness is in 8th-grade math, where only 6.7% of students are proficient. However, Science stands out as the school's strongest subject, with 5th-grade proficiency (37.8%) coming closest to the state average (43.8%).
A notable paradox exists at this school: it has an exceptionally low student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1 and spends $13,538 per student, yet academic outcomes are among the lowest in the state. This suggests that despite heavy investment in small class sizes, the school is not seeing a return in test scores, pointing to potential issues with instruction quality or curriculum. With 67.95% of students economically disadvantaged, the school's rapid decline and high spending with low results are major red flags that require urgent investigation by the district.
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