Summary:
The 71601 zip code of Pine Bluff, Arkansas is home to 5 schools, including 3 elementary schools, 1 middle school, and 1 high school, all part of the Pine Bluff School District, except for one elementary school which is a public charter school, Friendship Aspire Academy Downtown Pine Bluff.
Among the schools in this area, Friendship Aspire Academy Downtown Pine Bluff stands out with significantly higher proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, and Science compared to the other schools and the district and state averages. The traditional public school, Thirty-Fourth Street Elementary School, also has some of the higher proficiency rates among the schools in the data set, particularly in 3rd-6th grade ELA and Reading.
However, the data reveals stark performance gaps, with the schools in the 71601 zip code generally having very low proficiency rates compared to the state averages, especially in high school. For example, Pine Bluff High School had only 8.6% of 10th graders proficient or better in ELA and 10.9% in Reading in 2024-2025, compared to the state averages of 34.2% and 35.8% respectively. These challenges may be linked to the extremely high free/reduced lunch rates at the traditional public schools, indicating they are high-poverty, under-resourced institutions.
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