The top reported proficiency rate is 59% in English language arts. The lowest is 55% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Maumelle Charter Elementary
Maumelle Charter Elementary is a public charter school serving kindergarten through third grade in Maumelle, a planned suburb of Little Rock. The school operates under Academics Plus Public Charter Schools, a small charter network. The enrollment is substantial for a primary school that caps out at third grade, and the student body is majority white, with a Black student population that is the next largest group and smaller shares of students who are Asian, Hispanic, of two or more races, or American Indian or Alaska Native. About one in four students qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a rate that signals a relatively low share of families experiencing economic disadvantage compared to many other Arkansas public schools.
Maumelle itself is structured differently from a traditional small town. It has no dense downtown core; instead, commercial and civic life is organized around planned hubs, including a country club, a community center, and separate school campuses. The city has the highest median household income in the state and continues to see steady growth, a context that shapes the home values in the area, which are well above the state benchmark and approach the national median. Rent prices have shown a recent dip. Many residents commute to Little Rock for work, though the city also hosts several large employers, including Molex and Kimberly-Clark, along a major interstate corridor.
Parents considering this school should understand the academic performance numbers in the context of a very young grade band. State testing is administered in third grade only, so the available results represent a single snapshot of the school's oldest students. On the third-grade state assessments, the school's proficiency rates in math, English language arts, and science all clustered in the upper half of the proficiency range, with the science rate slightly ahead of the others. When the school's combined proficiency index is compared with other elementary schools in Pulaski County, it places in the top quartile. This is a strong showing, though it should be weighed against the fact that these results capture just one grade level.
Because the school serves only kindergarten through third grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school does not face the secondary-school metrics that families often use to assess a high school's preparation for college or career. There is no data available on chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, course access, or discipline, which is common for a primary school of this type. The district brief turned up no recent property-tax changes, curriculum referendums, or other major policy shifts affecting parents, so the operational picture appears stable by that measure.
A family choosing Maumelle Charter Elementary is selecting a primary school that sits inside a planned, affluent suburb with high housing costs and strong state-level income numbers. The school enrolls a large cohort of children for its grade span, and its third-grade test results place it clearly above the midpoint of Pulaski County's elementary schools. The charter status means it operates with some autonomy from the local district, but as a K-3 school, it is a starting point: a parent will need to plan ahead for where their child will attend for fourth grade and beyond. The city's school-age children are served by multiple campuses, and the feeder pattern from this charter into later grades is not described in the available data, so a family would want to clarify the next-step options directly with the school.
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