Enrollment
166
Elementary
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050006800108
BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
521 SCHOOL STREET, BRADLEY, AR 71826 · (870) 626-3308 · Lafayette County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL166 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 23% 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
9.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
126 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 33 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 57% larger than its 6th grade class (21).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
16.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -10.5pp since 2023
Math
17.5%
AR avg 38.9% . -13.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 14 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.5% | 17.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
25.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (25.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 166 | 75.9% | 25.3% |
| TYRONZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TYRONZA | 158 | 79.7% | 35.7% |
| LEPANTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEPANTO | 175 | 73.7% | N/A |
| HAMPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMPTON | 277 | 74.0% | 23.8% |
| RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CARAWAY | 147 | 73.5% | 29.8% |
| OSCAR HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOREMAN | 273 | 73.6% | 50.8% |
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 BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #346 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.5% | #409 of 465 ▼ 131 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #419 of 465 ▼ 88 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 166 | #500 of 531 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.9% | #232 of 513 |
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
166
+31 (+23%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 166 | 17.1 | 9.7:1 | 76% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 154 | 12.9 | 11.9:1 | 68% (105) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 10.9 | 13.4:1 | 59% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 135 | 12 | 11.3:1 | 54% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 138 | 14.8 | 9.3:1 | 48% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 160 | 15 | 10.7:1 | 67% (107) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in BRADLEY, Arkansas, BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. It serves 166 students in kindergarten through 6. The average among elementary schools in Arkansas is roughly 418 students; this school is 60% smaller than that.
BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 6 schools enrolling 1,280 students.
Roughly 70% of students at BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other reported shares: 25% Black and 3% Hispanic. Lafayette County's residents are about 58% White, 13 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 9.7:1. That is 6.3 students per teacher below the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 76% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C-. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 23% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 31.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 25.3%.
Lafayette County census figures show that the median household income is $41,278, roughly 9% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 5 public schools in Lafayette County, enrolling about 808 students in all.
The shortest distance from BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is less than a tenth of a mile, to BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment is up 23% from 2020-21, when BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 135 students, to 2024-25, when it had 166. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.3:1 in 2020-21, and 9.7:1 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Lafayette County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,136
Census ACS
Median income
$41,278
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
9%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
808 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 341 students
- TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 264 students
- EMERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 226 students
- BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 147 students
- EMERSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 136 students
Other Bradley Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Bradley Elementary. BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 10th largest of the 11.
- Bradley Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 948 students
- Bradley ElementarySan Bernardino, CA · 530 students
- Bradley ElementaryWatsonville, CA · 520 students
- Bradley ElemFort Leavenworth, KS · 412 students
- Bradley ElementaryColumbia, SC · 392 students
Nearby schools
- BRADLEY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 147
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL - LEWISVILLE9.5 mi · 23
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.8 mi · 341
- TAYLOR HIGH SCHOOL11.8 mi · 264
- Browning Elementary School12.7 mi · 252
- North Webster High School13.2 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 166 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.7:1 (17 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 70% White, 3% Hispanic, 25% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EMERSON TAYLOR BRADLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.