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Infant through Grade 8 · Full Hifz program

Excelling in academics. Nurturing spiritual growth.

Established in 2000 by members of the Muslim community in Little Rock — from different backgrounds, with one view in common: a school that could do both.

By the numbers

26 Years in operation founded 2000
80 Percentile or above in reading, language and math CTB Battery, school-reported
13 Levels, from infant care to Grade 8 school-reported
Accredited by Cognia — NCA CASI, NWAC and SACS CASI
Pupils arriving at The Huda Academy
Two pupils outside school
Pupils at the school gate
A pupil with a backpack
Pupils together at pick-up
Pupils in the car line
A classroom at work
Pupils at their desks
An early-years classroom
Older pupils at a school event
A pupil at the Fall Fest
Families at a school event
A pupil playing at the Fall Fest
Fall Fest on the school lot
Older pupils at the Fall Fest
A pupil with a prize
A pupil on the inflatable slide
A pupil with a treat at the Fall Fest
A nursery pupil in the school hall

Life at the academy

The Huda Experience

Qur'an and geometry, the prayer hall and the gym, Bayyinah in the morning and the science lab after. Every child here is known by name — and this is what an ordinary week actually looks like.

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About us

Who we are.

The Huda Academy was established in 2000 to promote education and create an environment based on the Islamic principles of character, courage and compassion — the only accredited Islamic school in Arkansas, and a school whose founders set out to produce valuable members of society who maintain their Islamic identity.

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Our mission

Our primary mission is to give students a strong sense of belonging to the Muslim community, to provide excellent well-rounded education in a healthy Islamic environment, and to provide students with a solid grounding in Islam and Arabic, which will enable them to live God conscious lives.

Established 2000 · Little Rock, Arkansas

إِنَّ أَكْرَمَكُمْ عِندَ اللَّهِ أَتْقَاكُمْ

Indeed, the most honored of you before Allah is the most God-conscious of you.

Sūrah al-Ḥujurāt 49:13

Core values

A young student with painted cheeks in the school gym

Belonging

A child should be certain of where they belong before they are asked to defend it.

Every student here is known by name, by teachers and classmates who share what they believe.

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Excellence

A full college-preparatory curriculum, taught as seriously as the Qur’an.

No family should have to accept less in one half of their child’s education to get the other.

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A student wearing a Qur’an-memorisation sash at the hifz ceremony, with two others

Grounding

Islam and Arabic taught properly, not bolted on at the end of the day.

Students leave able to read the Qur’an in its own language and to explain what they believe and why.

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Taqwa

Grades and hifz can be measured; this is the aim underneath them.

What we are actually working toward is a child who carries taqwa into a life we will not be there to watch.

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Admission

Enrollment opens each March.

Registration and tuition are complete by 31 May for the discounted rate. Returning families open in January.

Why families stay.

Academically, the school has improved a lot and I consider it the best school in Little Rock.
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Huda Academy has filled that role, helped kids grow into confident students, who are proud of their identity.
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We see great value in combining quality education and Islamic teachings, especially for young children.
Parent
It is a great school for our kids to strengthen their Islamic identity and to learn about their religion.
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We believe it will help our young children grow strong foundations as they step into middle/high school.
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The Huda Academy

Give what you love.Support the school.

“…an ongoing charity, beneficial knowledge, or a righteous offspring who will pray for him.”

Sahih Muslim

A school is all three at once — carried by the families it serves, and the community around it, since 2000.

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لَن تَنَالُوا الْبِرَّ حَتَّىٰ تُنفِقُوا مِمَّا تُحِبُّونَ

You will never attain righteousness until you give from what you love.

Sūrah Āl ʿImrān 3:92

The Huda promise

Valuable members of society, who keep their Islamic identity.

The Huda Academy · Est. 2000

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