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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050936001554
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY
214 SOUTH ALABAMA STREET, MARIANNA, AR 72360 · (870) 295-7140 · Lee County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
16.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
416 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY→LEE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
22.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
16.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.7% | 16.3% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 19.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 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 ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY's state test result (17.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY this school | 417 | 99.8% | 17.9% |
| THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 399 | 100.0% | 10.0% |
| STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORREST CITY | 400 | 100.0% | 20.1% |
| KIPP DELTA ELEMENTARY LITERACY ACADEMY WEST HELENA | 463 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
| DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR LEADERSHIP & LANGUAGE MAGNET ACAD LITTLE ROCK | 414 | 99.3% | 11.3% |
| STEPHENS ELEMENTARY LITTLE ROCK | 474 | 99.4% | 8.1% |
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 ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #405 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #419 of 465 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #366 of 465 ▲ 49 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #252 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #232 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #407 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.8% | #85 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #214 of 311 |
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
417
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 417 | 25.9 | 16.1:1 | 100% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 25.1 | 16.0:1 | 100% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 376 | 29.1 | 12.9:1 | 100% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 95% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 37.8 | 12.2:1 | 35% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 299 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 99% (296) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY.
About ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY is a mid-sized elementary school in MARIANNA, Arkansas, (ZIP code 72360). It had 417 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 6.
District-wide, LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 698 students.
At ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY, 91% of students are Black. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Lee County is roughly 55% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY scores 17%.
There are 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.1:1. That is in line with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lee County average a similar 100%.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 22.8% at ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 17.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Lee County show that median household income comes to about $34,375, roughly 7% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 32%. The county's public schools total 2, with about 698 students.
The closest school to ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY is LEE HIGH SCHOOL, located about 1.2 miles away. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY at 6th of 9.
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 408 to 417, a small change. The number of students per teacher increased from 13.6 to 16.1 over 4 years.
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Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,359
Census ACS
Median income
$34,375
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
7%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
32%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2
698 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- LEE HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 281
- BARTON HIGH SCHOOL15.0 mi · 322
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.0 mi · 342
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.9 mi · 448
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH16.1 mi · 378
- MARVELL-ELAINE HIGH SCHOOL16.6 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMYHow many students attend ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY?
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY serve?
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY have?
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY?
Student demographics at ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY are roughly 2% White, 4% Hispanic, 91% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY?
ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY is overseen by LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.