Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 332 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BARTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050273000039
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9546 HWY 85 SOUTH, LEXA, AR 72355 · (870) 572-7294 · Phillips County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 26% 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.
- 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
12.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
342 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 55 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (55).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BARTON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BARTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
20.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
24.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 24.1% |
| 2023-24 | 24.4% | 17.6% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 342 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRESCOTT | 363 | 100.0% | 30.3% |
| RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 462 | 99.8% | 41.2% |
| NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOL TEXARKANA | 243 | 100.0% | 48.2% |
| CRESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 466 | 100.0% | 54.6% |
| LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 427 | 100.0% | 48.6% |
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 BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #371 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #359 of 465 ▲ 40 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #389 of 465 ▼ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #349 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #10 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #169 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #19 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #106 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
342
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 407
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 342 | 28.3 | 12.1:1 | 100% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 26.9 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 28.6 | 12.3:1 | 100% (351) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 30 | 12.2:1 | 100% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 33.4 | 12.6:1 | 50% (211) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 86% (379) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 76% (325) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 41% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 407 | 22 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in LEXA, Arkansas, and it is part of BARTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 342 students.
The district, BARTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 2 schools serving 664 students.
At BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 59% of students are White. The school is also 29% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That is higher than the 34% White share among all Phillips County residents. The diversity index for BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.1:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 3.9 more students per teacher than here. BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 100% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Phillips County is similar, at 99%.
On the allk12 Grade, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 26% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 22.1% actual, 22.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
In the surrounding county, Phillips County, median household income comes to about $40,134, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 25%. The county's public schools total 9, with about 2,669 students.
Of the public schools around it, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to BARTON HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 6 other public schools within ten miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 366 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 342 by 2024-25.
The BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Phillips County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
15,450
Census ACS
Median income
$40,134
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
25%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,669 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Barton Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named Barton Elementary. BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 10.
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 1,185 students
- Barton Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 848 students
- BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPATCHOGUE, NY · 515 students
- Barton ElementaryMINNEAPOLIS, MN · 508 students
- Barton ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 485 students
Nearby schools
- BARTON HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 322
- KIPP DELTA ELEMENTARY LITERACY ACADEMY7.6 mi · 463
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL8.0 mi · 439
- J.F. WAHL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.4 mi · 539
- MARVELL-ELAINE HIGH SCHOOL8.6 mi · 99
- MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.6 mi · 121
Frequently asked questions
About BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 342 students in grades PK-06.
Is BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 59% White, 4% Hispanic, 29% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BARTON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.