Estem East Village Junior High Public Charter School

Estem East Village Junior High Public Charter School is a middle school located in Little Rock, Arkansas, serving grades 7-9 with a total enrollment of 292 students. The school is part of the Estem Public Charter School District, which is ranked 133 out of 252 districts in Arkansas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Estem East Village Junior High has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Arkansas middle schools, ranking 197th out of 335 schools in the 2023-2024 school year. The school's performance on standardized tests is generally below the state and district averages, with only 31.6% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts and 29.5% in Mathematics, compared to state averages of 33.8% and 36.4%, respectively. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 62.18% in 2020-2021 to 71.58% in 2022-2023, significantly higher than the state average. However, the school's student-teacher ratio has decreased from 12 in 2020-2021 to 10.1 in 2022-2023, and its per-student spending of $9,710 in 2018-2019 is higher than the state average.

Interestingly, the Estem Junior High Public Charter School, located within the same Estem Public Charter School District, has consistently outperformed Estem East Village Junior High on standardized tests and has a higher statewide ranking. Other nearby schools, such as Cloverdale Middle School and Friendship Aspire Academy Little Rock Middle School, have significantly lower academic performance compared to Estem East Village Junior High. The high-performing Pulaski Heights Middle School and the low-performing Dunbar Magnet Middle School are both within a few miles of Estem East Village Junior High, highlighting the disparities in educational opportunities within the Little Rock area.