Enrollment
370
Elementary
DISTRICT 317 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050261000032
ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
611 NORTHWEST FOURTH STREET, ATKINS, AR 72823 · (479) 641-7085 · Pope County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
276 students
DISTRICT 71% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (79).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
Based on grade levels within ATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
23.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.3pp since 2023
Math
20.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.6% | 20.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.9% | 28.2% |
% 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
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 370 | 74.6% | 28.2% |
| DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DES ARC | 379 | 74.1% | 49.3% |
| PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORNING | 361 | 78.7% | 32.7% |
| RECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RECTOR | 389 | 71.2% | 29.5% |
| ANNE WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BIGELOW | 357 | 72.3% | 35.7% |
| MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAGAZINE | 295 | 76.6% | 43.8% |
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 ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pope County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #320 of 461 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.8% | #385 of 465 ▼ 75 | #9 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #359 of 465 ▼ 61 | #10 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #315 of 531 | #7 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #30 of 480 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #442 of 480 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #242 of 513 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #154 of 311 | #2 of 7 |
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
370
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 370 | 28.4 | 13.0:1 | 75% (276) |
| 2023-24 | 322 | 28.7 | 11.2:1 | 80% (257) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 26.6 | 13.9:1 | 69% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 28 | 13.1:1 | 70% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 34.2 | 12.6:1 | 42% (181) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 78% (350) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 66% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 53% (220) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 34 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in ATKINS, Arkansas. The student body numbers 370 students, from pre-K through 4.
ATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 951 students in 3 schools, including ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 94% of the student body. It is also 3% multiracial. Pope County's residents are about 84% White, 10 points below the school's share. By the diversity index, ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 12%.
The school has about 13.0 students per teacher and 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 75%. On average, public schools in Pope County report 64%.
ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 27% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 28.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 32.1%.
Pope County has about 64,131 residents, and median household income is about $57,344, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Federal data list 25 public schools in Pope County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,311.
The shortest distance from ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. By average proficiency, ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9th among 9 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 367; in 2024-25, 370.
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Pope County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,344
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,311 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ATKINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 317 students
- ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 264 students
Other schools in ATKINS
- ATKINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 317 students
- ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 264 students
Other Atkins Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Atkins Elementary. ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Atkins Elementary SchoolAtkins, IA · 394 students
- Atkins ElementaryAtkins, VA · 168 students
Nearby schools
- ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 264
- ATKINS HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 317
- POTTSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL4.8 mi · 404
- POTTSVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.1 mi · 412
- POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE6.0 mi · 417
- POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 370 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.0:1 students per teacher at ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pope County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.