ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL

ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of the sizable primary schools in ALMA, Arkansas, run under ALMA SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 704 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 68% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

ALMA SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 3,092 students; ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment; the rest reads as 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Crawford County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Crawford County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Crawford County) logs that median household earnings sit near $64,132, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Crawford County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,496 students), ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ALMA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 711 (now 704). White enrollment moved from 86% to 78% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.