The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in Science. The lowest is 38% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Maumelle Charter High School
Maumelle Charter High School serves grades eight through twelve as a public charter school within the Academics Plus Public Charter Schools district. The school is located in Maumelle, a planned, affluent suburb of Little Rock that reports the highest median household income in Arkansas. Many residents commute to Little Rock for work, and the city itself hosts major employers including Molex Incorporated and Kimberly-Clark Corporation. Maumelle is a fast-growing community, and its built environment is suburban, with an extensive municipal bicycle trail system that connects wooded greenbelts and recreational lakes. The school sits on its own campus within the residential fabric of the city.
The school’s enrollment is of a moderate size for its grade band. Most of the student body is white, and Black, Asian, and Hispanic students each form smaller shares. A relatively modest share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available.
On state assessments administered through Arkansas’s ATLAS system, eighth-grade results were mixed. For English language arts, a share of students scored at the proficient or above level, placing the school above the midpoint among districts in Pulaski County for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. Science results showed a similar pattern, with a share of students reaching proficiency or above. Math results for eighth graders were suppressed, and no data were available for older grades, meaning the school’s overall performance picture is incomplete. The suppression and missing data may reflect the presence of very small testing groups or other reporting constraints. A parent may want to ask the school directly about math achievement trends and how it tracks progress in the upper grades.
As a charter school, Maumelle Charter High School operates with some autonomy from the local district but remains publicly funded. No information was publicly reported about which programs were available, including Advanced Placement, career and technical education, or dual credit offerings. No graduation rate was reported, which is a notable gap for a school serving grades eight through twelve; families should verify this figure with the school. The school environment data, including discipline rates, staffing ratios, and attendance metrics, were also absent from the available record.
The district itself, Academics Plus Public Charter Schools, had no recent property-tax changes, curriculum overhauls, or other lasting parent-relevant changes that could be confirmed in publicly available sources.
Housing in Maumelle carries a typical home value and monthly rent that are each higher than the statewide median, reflecting the area’s affluence. The national 30-year fixed mortgage rate was recently in the range of six to six and a half percent. The national unemployment rate sat just above four percent, and the national real median household income was roughly in the mid-eighty-thousand-dollar range.
For a family considering this school, the picture is one of a charter high school in an affluent, growing suburb where the local economy is strong. The student body is not high-poverty by state measures. State test results showed solid English language arts and science performance in eighth grade, but missing math data and no graduation rate leave important questions unanswered. The lack of publicly reported program breadth means a family should investigate course offerings and postsecondary preparation directly. The school appears to serve a community of families who have chosen it, but the data available does not provide a complete account of academic outcomes or school climate.
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