Haas Hall Academy, Fayetteville AR

Original Research by School Decision on Haas Hall Academy

Haas Hall Academy is a public charter school in Fayetteville that serves students in grades seven through twelve. It operates as its own school district, and its enrollment is moderate for a secondary school that draws from a growing northwest Arkansas region. The school sits in a city where residential neighborhoods mix with a major university campus; downtown Fayetteville and the University of Arkansas are close together, and the area’s population has been rising steadily. The university and the county government are the largest employers, and the built environment includes civic anchors such as the Walton Arts Center and Razorback Stadium. The transition to neighboring Springdale and Johnson is seamless and urban, while areas to the east and south remain rural.

Academically, the school’s state assessment results cover the middle school grades that Arkansas tests. Seventh graders showed strong proficiency in mathematics, English language arts, and science. Eighth graders also performed well in English and science, with a large majority reaching proficient or above. Eighth-grade mathematics, however, was markedly lower, with roughly one in three students scoring at that level. That drop is worth a conversation with the school for any parent whose child is entering eighth grade or moving up from seventh. Across all tested subjects and grades, the school’s overall proficiency index places it in the top quarter of districts in Washington County, a sign of generally solid academic performance relative to nearby public school systems.

The student body is predominantly white, with a notable share of Asian students and students who identify with two or more races. The proportion of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch is low. State data on special education classification and English learner status were not available. Housing in the area carries a price tag above the national median, reflecting the desirability of Fayetteville and the wider region. Rents have grown modestly, and the local economy has been adding residents and jobs.

Haas Hall Academy is a charter school with some autonomy from traditional district structures. The charter network—the school is itself a district—has recently opened a campus in Fort Smith and relocated a Bentonville campus, pointing to an organization that is expanding its footprint across northwest Arkansas. For the Fayetteville campus, the curriculum is college-preparatory, and the school’s high scores in English and science suggest that academically motivated students can build a strong foundation for advanced coursework. The school offers Advanced Placement courses, though a full list of programs at this specific campus was not provided. No data was available on the four-year graduation rate, chronic absenteeism, staffing ratios, or discipline patterns; families may wish to ask the school directly about those areas.

This is a school that fits families looking for a charter environment in a growing university city, with academic results that are generally strong, particularly in literacy and science. The eighth-grade math result is an outlier that a parent should examine, but the overall picture is one of a school whose students regularly meet state standards at rates well above the county midpoint.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=95%Cohort of 72 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

292 schools plotted. 5 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 778%

School 78% · District 81% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 832%

School 32% · District 65% · ▼ 33 pts below district

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 770%

School 70% · District 76% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 41 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 881%

School 81% · District 85% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▲ 52 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Science

Grade 770%

School 70% · District 77% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 882%

School 82% · District 83% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

This schoolHAAS HALL ACADEMY, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 7Lower-income67%Higher-income82%15 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income75%Higher-income84%9 pp gap