Enrollment
219
Elementary
DISTRICT 223 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEARDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050003200052
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
100 OAK AVENUE, BEARDEN, AR 71720 · (833) 423-2733 · Ouachita County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL219 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% 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
11.2:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
216 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BEARDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
24.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
26.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.6% | 26.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.9% | 22.1% |
% 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
23.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% 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 BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (23.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 219 | 98.6% | 23.1% |
| NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOL TEXARKANA | 243 | 100.0% | 48.2% |
| NEVADA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROSSTON | 226 | 100.0% | 25.6% |
| AUGUSTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUGUSTA | 184 | 100.0% | 20.0% |
| BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEXA | 342 | 100.0% | 22.1% |
| FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEXARKANA | 246 | 100.0% | 28.1% |
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 BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #362 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #328 of 465 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #349 of 465 ▼ 31 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 219 | #469 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #6 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #159 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.6% | #128 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #118 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
219
-60 (-22%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 403
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 219 | 19.5 | 11.2:1 | 99% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 17.5 | 13.0:1 | 99% (224) |
| 2022-23 | 258 | 19.1 | 13.5:1 | 74% (190) |
| 2020-21 | 279 | 19 | 14.7:1 | 74% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 265 | 21.7 | 12.2:1 | 37% (99) |
| 2015-16 | 236 | 20 | 11.8:1 | 77% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 280 | 21 | 13.3:1 | 76% (213) |
| 2000-01 | 202 | 21 | 9.6:1 | 56% (113) |
| 1990-91 | 403 | 21 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in BEARDEN, Arkansas. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 219 students in 2024-25. The school is 48% below the average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
The BEARDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 2 schools and 446 students.
At BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 56% of students are White. The school is also 35% Black, 5% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Ouachita County at about 55% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 11.2:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 4.7 more students per teacher than here. There are 216 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 99% of enrollment. Public schools in Ouachita County average 86%.
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 23.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.1%.
The school's county is Ouachita County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $49,268 a year, roughly 16% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Ouachita County with 8 other public schools.
BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment fell 22% over 4 years, reaching 219 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.7:1 in 2020-21, and 11.2:1 in 2024-25.
The BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Ouachita County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,085
Census ACS
Median income
$49,268
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
3,268 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Bearden Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bearden Elementary. BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bearden ElementaryKnoxville, TN · 405 students
Nearby schools
- BEARDEN HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 227
- HARMONY GROVE HIGH SCHOOL10.6 mi · 402
- HARMONY GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.6 mi · 425
- FORDYCE HIGH SCHOOL12.4 mi · 321
- FORDYCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS12.5 mi · 338
- CAMDEN FAIRVIEW EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER15.8 mi · 113
Frequently asked questions
About BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 219 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 56% White, 5% Hispanic, 35% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BEARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BEARDEN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.