Enrollment
171
Elementary
DISTRICT 174 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALICO ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050384000131
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
301 COLLEGE STREET, CALICO ROCK, AR 72519 · (870) 297-8533 · Izard County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL171 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- A-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
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
168 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (25).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CALICO ROCK 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
38.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
31.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.3% | 31.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 171 | 98.2% | 36.8% |
| LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEAD HILL | 185 | 98.4% | 31.7% |
| WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY WESTERN GROVE | 153 | 98.0% | 17.4% |
| MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL MULBERRY | 185 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| KINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KINGSTON | 122 | 97.5% | 35.5% |
| HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HECTOR | 245 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
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 CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #221 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #289 of 465 ▼ 50 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #202 of 465 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 171 | #496 of 531 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.2% | #132 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #52 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
171
-18 (-10%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 171 | 15.3 | 11.2:1 | 98% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 185 | 17.3 | 10.7:1 | 98% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 17.1 | 11.7:1 | 79% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | 17 | 11.1:1 | 85% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 232 | 19.9 | 11.7:1 | 44% (102) |
| 2015-16 | 222 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 77% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 255 | 19 | 13.4:1 | 66% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 294 | 23 | 12.8:1 | 53% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 15 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in CALICO ROCK, Arkansas. Its enrollment is 171 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. Elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students, which makes this school 59% below average.
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within CALICO ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 2 schools and 347 students.
Of every 100 students at CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 97 are White. That is higher than the 89% White share among all Izard County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 6%.
There are 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.2:1. The gap from the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 4.8 students per teacher. On the income side, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 76% average for public schools in Izard County is 22 points.
CALICO ROCK 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 64% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.8% is 13.5 points above the 23.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census data for Izard County show median household income comes to about $49,405, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. The county has 8 public schools and about 1,883 students.
The closest school to CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, located about 0.6 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within ten miles of CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
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.
The school's student count fell 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Izard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,009
Census ACS
Median income
$49,405
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CALICO ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 176 students
Nearby schools
- CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 176
- NORFORK HIGH SCHOOL9.2 mi · 196
- NORFORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.2 mi · 273
- IZARD COUNTY CONS MIDDLE SCHOOL12.1 mi · 193
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL12.1 mi · 218
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL16.7 mi · 286
Frequently asked questions
About CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 171 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.2:1 (15 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CALICO ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT in Izard County.
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