Enrollment
218
Elementary
DISTRICT 210 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050999000732
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
430 BALL PARK RD, MOUNT IDA, AR 71957 · (870) 867-2661 · Montgomery County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL218 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
11.1:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
177 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 26 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (27) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
28.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
28.6%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.6% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 34.7% | 30.6% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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 BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 218 | 81.2% | 34.3% |
| OMAHA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 247 | 78.1% | 34.0% |
| HILLCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STRAWBERRY | 263 | 84.4% | 49.5% |
| KIRBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIRBY | 216 | 77.8% | 37.8% |
| VIOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIOLA | 193 | 75.6% | 51.2% |
| SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHIRLEY | 169 | 85.2% | 25.2% |
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 BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #251 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #315 of 465 ▼ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #310 of 465 ▼ 80 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 218 | #471 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #5 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #428 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.2% | #195 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #191 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
218
-15 (-6%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 292
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 218 | 19.6 | 11.1:1 | 81% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 231 | 18 | 12.8:1 | 78% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 235 | 16.7 | 14.1:1 | 73% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 233 | 18 | 12.9:1 | 77% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 21.8 | 11.2:1 | 42% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 19 | 13.1:1 | 72% (179) |
| 2010-11 | 287 | 21 | 13.7:1 | 66% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 292 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 54% (159) |
| 1990-91 | 292 | 17 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in MOUNT IDA, Arkansas. Total enrollment is 218 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. By comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll about 418 students on average.
The MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 2 schools and 420 students.
A large majority of enrollment at BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 93%. The rest of enrollment is 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among Montgomery County residents, the White share is about 91%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 11.1 students per teacher, from 19.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 16.0:1. At BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The figure for public schools in Montgomery County is close, at 79%.
BOBBY BARRETT 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 48% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Schools in Arkansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 29.6%. BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 34.3%.
Montgomery County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $48,906 a year, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 18%. BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Montgomery County with 4 other public schools.
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is MOUNT IDA HIGH SCHOOL (about 1.3 miles). In all, 3 other public schools sit within ten miles of BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 7th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 218, from 233 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 11.1 students per teacher, compared with 12.9 in 2020-21.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,553
Census ACS
Median income
$48,906
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,138 students
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Frequently asked questions
About BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 218 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.1:1.
How diverse is BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 4% Two or more.
Is BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BOBBY BARRETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MOUNT IDA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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