BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized K-5 school in NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, one of the schools within NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 428 students in grades pre-K through 5.

BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 schools operated by NORTH LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 7,711 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that Black students make up the majority at 77%. Beyond that, the school records 9% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pulaski County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 8.4%, a residual of -13.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Pulaski County) records that median household earnings sit near $62,873, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students).

Nearest neighbor: PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF NORTH LITTLE ROCK, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 16.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 438 (now 428). The Black share of enrollment contracted from 88% to 77% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.