BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an intimate primary school in LEXA, Arkansas, part of BARTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 342 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

BARTON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 664 students; BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 29% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 20.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Phillips County indicate median household earnings sit near $40,134, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 25%. Across Phillips County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,669 students), BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BARTON HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 13.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 19%, going from 422 students in 2018 to 342 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 67% to 59%.

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