The top reported proficiency rate is 21% in Science. The lowest is 17% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Scholarmade Achievement Place of Arkansas
ScholarMade Achievement Place of Arkansas is a small school district in Pulaski County serving kindergarten through eighth grade. Its single open school, Ivy Hill Preparatory Academy, is where the district's roughly three hundred and fifty students attend. The district has two other schools listed that are no longer operating. The district's own location is not specified beyond the county, but the school itself is in the Little Rock area.
The student body is almost entirely Black, with a very small number of Hispanic students and those identifying as two or more races. The data does not include how many students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, nor the share of students with disabilities or English learners. A parent would want to ask the school directly about those supports.
State testing results from the 2024-25 school year, using Arkansas's ATLAS assessment, show low rates of proficiency across all tested subjects and grade levels. In math, the proportion of students scoring proficient or above ranged from around one in ten in sixth grade to roughly one in four in fifth grade. In English language arts, the rates were similarly low, with the highest being about one in five in third and seventh grades and the lowest at about one in ten in eighth grade. Science results were somewhat higher in a couple of grades: third grade saw about three in ten students proficient, and seventh grade about three in ten as well. But across most grades and subjects, fewer than one in every four students met the state's proficiency standard.
Compared to other districts in Pulaski County, ScholarMade Achievement Place's overall proficiency is below the midpoint. The district’s chronic absenteeism rate is also below the midpoint among county districts, meaning a higher share of students miss enough school to be considered chronically absent. This is a soft spot a family may want to discuss with the school to understand what supports are in place.
On the financial side, the district's per-pupil current spending sits in the upper range among county districts. That suggests the district puts more resources into each student than many of its neighbors, even though the academic results are not yet reflecting that investment at a high level.
Because this district serves only through eighth grade, there is no graduation rate to report. The data also does not include information about the school's immediate neighborhood, housing values, or rents, so readers cannot assess the housing market context from this profile alone.
We looked for recent district-level changes, such as a referendum, a property-tax shift, or a curriculum overhaul, that would matter to a parent deciding on a school. Publicly reported sources show basic operational and accreditation details but no lasting changes of that kind in recent years. The district appears to have been operating in its current form for some time without a major structural event.
This is a district with a single K-8 school, a homogeneous student demographic, spending above the county norm, and academic performance that sits on the lower end among Pulaski County districts. A family considering this school would want to understand the building's instructional approach, its attendance support efforts, and how the available resources are directed toward raising achievement.
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