CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a small elementary school in CALICO ROCK, Arkansas, CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 171 students from grades K through 6, overseen by CALICO ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.

Within CALICO ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 347 students, CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (97%) are White. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 98% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Izard County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Izard County indicate the typical household earns roughly $49,405 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 8 public schools in Izard County (combined enrollment of about 1,883 students).

The closest other public school is CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 26%, going from 232 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025.

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