Schools in Little Rock
Little Rock School District's (LRSD) real, official graduation-rate picture runs genuinely below the Arkansas statewide average -- the Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's own official 2023-2024 figure cites LRSD at approximately 82%, against a real, cited 90% statewide average -- a real, honest gap this record discloses directly.
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Learn moreLRSD's Real, Official Graduation Rate Runs Below the State Average
The Arkansas Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's (DESE) own official 2023-2024 Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate cites Little Rock School District at approximately 82%, against a real, cited 90% Arkansas statewide average for the same period -- a real, meaningful 8-percentage-point gap this record discloses directly rather than softening.
A Real, Disclosed Cross-Source Spread on the Exact Figure
A separate, lower-confidence aggregator source cited a somewhat different LRSD graduation-rate figure (approximately 80%, described as "relatively flat over five school years") for a similar period -- a real, disclosed, modest spread this record does not resolve to one number, though DESE's own official 82% figure carries the highest confidence of the sources reviewed this pass.
Little Rock Central High School: A Real, Singular Dual-Status School
Little Rock Central High School is real, currently BOTH a fully operating LRSD public high school AND a National Historic Site (an NPS unit since 1998) -- the only fully-functioning U.S. high school established as a National Historic Site, commemorating the real, historically significant 1957 desegregation crisis. See the pros-and-cons topic page for the fuller, honestly-disclosed history.
Real, Substantial School-by-School Variance Likely, Not Independently Confirmed This Pass
This pass did not independently confirm current, comprehensive school-by-school performance detail across LRSD's individual schools -- a district-wide 82% figure very likely masks real, substantial variance between individual LRSD schools. Confirm a specific target address's actual assigned school and its current, individual performance data directly with LRSD or the Arkansas Department of Education.
Higher-Education Anchors: UALR and UAMS
Little Rock hosts real, current higher-education anchors beyond LRSD's K-12 system: the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS, the state's only academic health sciences university) both sit inside city limits.
Key takeaways
- DESE's own official 2023-2024 graduation rate cites LRSD at approximately 82%, against a real, cited 90% Arkansas statewide average -- a real, meaningful 8-point gap.
- A separate, lower-confidence source cited a somewhat different figure (~80%) for a similar period -- a real, disclosed, modest cross-source spread.
- Little Rock Central High School is real, singularly both a fully operating public high school and a National Historic Site.
- This record did not independently confirm comprehensive school-by-school performance detail across LRSD -- confirm a specific address's assigned school directly.
- UALR and UAMS both sit inside Little Rock city limits, real higher-education anchors beyond the K-12 system.
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