Charter agency · Jefferson County
Friendship Aspire Academies Arkansas, AR: schools, enrollment and spending
Friendship Aspire Academies Arkansas runs 7 public schools with 1,350 students in grades K to 10. Its ratio of 15.0 students per teacher is 2.3 higher than the Arkansas figure of 12.7.Listed in NCES data as "FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMIES ARKANSAS".
At a glance
- Schools
- 7
- Students
- 1,350
- Teachers (FTE)
- 90
- Students per teacher
- 15.0
- AR: 12.7 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 3911 South Hazel Street, Pine Bluff, AR 71603
- Phone
- (870)395-7401
- County
- Jefferson County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- K to 10
- Agency type
- Charter agency
- NCES district ID
- 0500423
- State district ID
- AR-3544700
- Total staff (FTE)
- 150
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 450 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 12.0
- Charter schools
- 7
Students per teacher compared
This district15.0
Arkansas12.7
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (316), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $3.4 million
- Federal revenue
- $670,000
- State revenue
- $2.8 million
- Local revenue
- $1,000
- Total spending
- $3.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $9,892
- Salaries
- $1.5 million46.7% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.6%
- State: 80.4%
- Local: 0.0%
Arkansas overall
- Federal: 16.0%
- State: 47.0%
- Local: 37.0%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$9,892
Arkansas$12,724
United States$16,826
Schools in Friendship Aspire Academies Arkansas
By level: 2 middle, 4 elementary, 1 secondary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Friendship Academy Little Rock ElementaryCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 200 | 15.4 |
| Friendship Aspire Academy Downtown Pine BluffCharter | Elementary | K to 3 | 245 | 16.3 |
| Friendship Aspire Academy Hazel St Pine BluffCharter | Elementary | K to 5 | 469 | 16.8 |
| Friendship Aspire Academy Little Rock Middle SchoolCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 62 | 8.9 |
| Friendship Aspire Academy North Little Rock ElementaryCharter | Elementary | K to 3 | 62 | 10.3 |
| Friendship Aspire Academy Southeast Middle School Pine BluffCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 236 | 18.2 |
| Friendship Aspire Academy Southeast Pine BluffCharter | Secondary | 9 to 10 | 76 | 15.2 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Jefferson County
- White Hall School District 3,046 students
- Pine Bluff School District 2,896 students
- Watson Chapel School District 1,552 students
- Arkansas Correctional Schools 0 students
- Jefferson Area Career Center 0 students
- Arkansas River Education Service Cooperative
More in Arkansas
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.