Elementary Schools in College Preparatory Academies Of Arkansas

The Founders Classical Academies Of Arkansas district operates three elementary schools serving grades K-6 or K-8 across Rogers, Bentonville, and West Little Rock, with two schools ranking among the top 2% in the state and one school facing significant socioeconomic challenges.

The two flagship schools, Founders Classical Academies Of Arkansas Rogers and Founders Classical Academies Of Arkansas Bentonville, are both elite performers. Rogers has been a consistent powerhouse, never dropping below the 98th percentile in state rankings and achieving the highest overall Mathematics proficiency in the network at 81%, including a remarkable 91.1% proficiency in 5th Grade Math. Bentonville, the largest school with 787 students, is on a clear upward trajectory, improving from the 97th to the 99th percentile in just two years. It is the only school in the network offering Algebra testing, where its students achieve an 84.7% proficiency rate—dramatically higher than the district (62.6%) and state (36.9%) averages. In contrast, Founders Classical Academies Of Ark West Little Rock Elementary is a stark outlier. Despite having the most favorable student-teacher ratio (7.9:1) and only 61 students, it has the lowest test scores by a wide margin, with 2025-2026 proficiency rates of just 14.3% in both English Language Arts and Mathematics. The school also has the highest rate of economic disadvantage, with 47.54% of students receiving free or reduced lunch.

The most important takeaway for parents is the enormous performance gap within this top-tier district. While the district itself ranks in the 91st percentile statewide, the difference between its two high-performing schools and the West Little Rock campus is over 60 percentage points in Mathematics. This disparity is strongly linked to socioeconomic factors rather than school structure or class size. For parents considering these schools, the Rogers and Bentonville campuses offer elite, consistent academic performance with very low rates of economic disadvantage (under 9% free/reduced lunch), while the West Little Rock campus, despite showing some improvement in its state ranking from the 39th to the 65th percentile, faces significant challenges that prospective families should investigate further.