ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in ATKINS, Arkansas, ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within ATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 370 students across grades pre-K through 4.

Within ATKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 951 students, ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial. By comparison, Pope County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Pope County (around 64%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.5%; this one delivers 31.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Pope County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,344, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Pope County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), of which ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025.

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