ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 114 W PANTHER DRIVE, in BIGELOW, Arkansas, ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized primary school that caters to 357 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within EAST END SCHOOL DISTRICT.

EAST END SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 674 students; ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (86%) are White; the rest consists of 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

On the resource side, ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.4%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of +2.0 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Perry County) records that the typical household earns roughly $55,764 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Perry County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,565 students), ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BIGELOW HIGH SCHOOL, around 2.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 8%, going from 388 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 13% to 6% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

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