Mission

Little Rock Preparatory Academy prepares middle school students to excel in high school, college, and beyond by providing a high-quality middle school education, ensuring student mastery of the core subjects, and developing the key behaviors required for educational and personal success.

Our Vision

Little Rock Prep provides a rigorous learning environment that prepares traditionally underserved students in grades 5-8 for high academic achievement in high school college preparatory programs. To close the achievement gap for some of Little Rock’s most underachieving students, and to prepare these same students for measurable, high academic achievement at the high school level, Little Rock Prep implements a “no excuses” approach to learning and provides a multi-tiered approach to student supports, ensuring that all students, regardless of previous academic background, economic status, or ability, become academic scholars as measured by state and national assessments and as evidenced by a middle school academic foundation that puts them clearly on the path to college during the critical middle school years.

 A growing number of high performing, high poverty public schools have replaced a culture of excuses for why students fail academically with a culture of achievement and hold common characteristics effective in achieving dramatic academic growth: more time on task, frequent assessments, masterful teachers, and a culture of discipline. Little Rock Preparatory Academy is designed after these models.

Our Core Beliefs

• All students have the ability to achieve academic excellence. It is our job to provide the expectations, structures, and supports to make this possible.
• All students deserve a disciplined school environment in which students can learn and teachers can teach. It is our job to create and implement a culture of effort, determination, respect, and hard work every minute of every day.
• All students should become masters in reading, writing, and mathematics to be prepared to excel in competitive public and private high schools on their way to selective colleges and universities. It is our job to provide a rigorous curriculum and ensure that every student meets and exceeds state and national standards.