Enrollment
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 245 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050007300001
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
143 POLK ROAD 96, MENA, AR 71953 · (479) 394-4833 · Polk County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
254 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (43).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ACORN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within OUACHITA RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
46.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +20.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.8% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 35.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 30% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 321 | 79.1% | 45.1% |
| PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORNING | 361 | 78.7% | 32.7% |
| MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 295 | 76.6% | 43.8% |
| MCCRORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MCCRORY | 339 | 76.7% | 43.3% |
| ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATKINS | 370 | 74.6% | 28.2% |
| OMAHA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 247 | 78.1% | 34.0% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #122 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #87 of 465 ▲ 150 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #108 of 465 ▲ 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 321 | #366 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #119 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #388 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.1% | #206 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #132 of 138 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
321
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 296
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 321 | 21.7 | 14.8:1 | 79% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 343 | 21.7 | 15.8:1 | 77% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 342 | 25.6 | 13.3:1 | 74% (254) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 23 | 14.6:1 | 73% (245) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 22.3 | 14.2:1 | 34% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 18 | 14.8:1 | 76% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 296 | 19 | 15.6:1 | 79% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its address is in MENA, Arkansas. In all, 321 students attend the school in kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 23% below the 418-student average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
OUACHITA RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT (3 schools, 735 students) runs ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 89 are White. After that, the student body is 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Polk County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 21.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 14.8:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 16.0:1. By family income, 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 30.4%. It scores 45.1%, a top-10% result among Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Polk County, median household income comes to about $49,191, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 3,063 students.
Of the public schools around it, ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to ACORN HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 29.4%; ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 45.1%, ranking 1st of 7.
In the federal locale system, ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 4%, from 336 to 321.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,361
Census ACS
Median income
$49,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,063 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OUACHITA RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ACORN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 281 students
- ODEN SCHOOLSCombined · 133 students
Other schools in MENA
- MENA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 503 students
- HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 438 students
- MENA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 393 students
- LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 357 students
- ACORN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 281 students
- ODEN SCHOOLSCombined · 133 students
Nearby schools
- ACORN HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 281
- HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 438
- POLK COUNTY VIRTUAL ACADEMY4.0 mi · 12
- MENA HIGH SCHOOL4.0 mi · 503
- MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL4.1 mi · 393
- LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 321 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
How diverse is ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by OUACHITA RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.