Enrollment
221
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050001701289
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
612 W MUELLER ST, PARAGOULD, AR 72450 · (870) 240-2211 · Greene County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.7:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
221 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 70 | 32% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 37% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 32% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
29.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.3pp since 2023
Math
40.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +7.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.7% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 28.4% | 32.9% |
% 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
33.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% 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 BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (33.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 221 | 100.0% | 33.1% |
| WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 233 | 100.0% | 39.6% |
| OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 270 | 100.0% | 35.5% |
| GREENLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENLAND | 279 | 98.9% | 33.2% |
| CEDARVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CEDARVILLE | 274 | 98.9% | 31.4% |
| MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL MULBERRY | 185 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
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 BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.1% | #267 of 461 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #208 of 465 ▲ 48 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #295 of 465 ▲ 13 | #6 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #466 of 531 | #8 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #200 of 480 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.2% | #259 of 480 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #2 of 513 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.5% | #277 of 311 | #7 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
221
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 282
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 221 | 14.1 | 15.7:1 | 100% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 211 | 14.7 | 14.4:1 | 100% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 14.4 | 14.1:1 | 100% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 14 | 15.4:1 | 100% (216) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 16.3 | 14.1:1 | 31% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 229 | 20 | 11.4:1 | 82% (187) |
| 2010-11 | 415 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 60% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 53% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 282 | 17 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a small elementary school in PARAGOULD, Arkansas. It reports enrollment of 221 students in grades 2 through 4. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll around 418, and this school is 47% below that mark.
PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,166 students in 7 schools, including BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 74% White. The next largest groups are 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 4% Pacific Islander. The school's White share is 15 points below the 89% share among Greene County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
There are 14.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 15.7:1. It is about the same as the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. By family income, 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 27 points above the 73% average for public schools in Greene County.
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +10.4 points: 33.1% actual, 22.7% predicted.
Greene County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $57,839 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Greene County with 14 other public schools.
WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.6 miles from BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th among 7 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Federal data show 216 students in 2020-21 and 221 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,432
Census ACS
Median income
$57,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
7,364 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 881 students
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGHMiddle · 512 students
- OAK GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 270 students
- WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 233 students
Other schools in PARAGOULD
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 881 students
- GREENE CTY TECH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 760 students
- GREENE CTY TECH PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 710 students
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- GREENE CTY TECH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- GREENE CTY TECH JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 521 students
Other Baldwin Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Baldwin Elementary. BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 8.
- Baldwin ElementaryNorcross, GA · 914 students
- Baldwin ElementaryManassas, VA · 631 students
- Baldwin Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 582 students
- Baldwin Elementary SchoolROCHESTER, MI · 534 students
- Baldwin Elementary SchoolBaldwin, GA · 422 students
Nearby schools
- WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 233
- PARAGOULD HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 881
- PARAGOULD JUNIOR HIGH1.1 mi · 512
- PARAGOULD PRIMARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 602
- GREENE CTY TECH PRIMARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 710
- GREENE CTY TECH HIGH SCHOOL3.4 mi · 760
Frequently asked questions
About BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 221 students in grades 02-04.
What age range does BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 02 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PARAGOULD SCHOOL DISTRICT in Greene County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.