Summary:
Zip code 72113, covering Maumelle and North Little Rock, Arkansas, is home to seven schools serving elementary through high school grades, split between the Pulaski County Special School District (a 2-star district) and the higher-performing Academics Plus Public Charter Schools (a 3-star network), plus the specialized Westwind School For Performing Arts.
The standout school in the area is Maumelle Charter Elementary, a 5-star school ranking in the 99th percentile among Arkansas elementary schools, with exceptional proficiency rates of 61.6% in ELA and 64.7% in Science—far exceeding state averages. The charter network as a whole significantly outperforms the local district, with charter schools averaging 56.5% in ELA and 59.7% in Math, compared to Pulaski County schools averaging just 30.3% and 24.8%, respectively. Maumelle High School shows the most improvement, rising from the 45th to the 26th percentile in state rankings, with Biology proficiency jumping from 24.2% to 33.5%. However, a critical weakness across all high schools is Algebra proficiency, with Maumelle High School at only 15.4% and Maumelle Charter High School at 25%, both well below the state average of 36.9%.
A notable finding is the "middle school slump" that is unevenly distributed: Maumelle Charter Middle School thrives with 56.5% ELA and 60.4% Math proficiency, while Maumelle Middle School struggles at just 24.9% and 15.5%, respectively. Pine Forest Elementary School is a bright spot in the Pulaski County district, scoring near state averages (39.9% in ELA) and preparing students well before they transition to the underperforming Maumelle Middle School. Westwind School For Performing Arts has the highest per-student spending ($16,112) and lowest student-teacher ratio (7.7), yet its academic performance remains below state averages, highlighting that spending efficiency matters more than raw expenditure.
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