Enrollment
172
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050633000356
CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2524 SOUTH TULSA ST, FORT SMITH, AR 72901 · (479) 646-3612 · Sebastian County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL172 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
157 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (25).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
25.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +10.9pp since 2023
Math
18.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.7% | 18.9% |
| 2023-24 | 14.8% | 13.5% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 172 | 91.3% | 18.5% |
| RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLEVINS | 196 | 89.3% | 19.0% |
| HERMITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERMITAGE | 217 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WICKES | 200 | 98.5% | 49.9% |
| COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL VANDERVOORT | 170 | 98.2% | N/A |
| KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KENSETT | 294 | 90.1% | 26.2% |
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 CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Sebastian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #397 of 461 | #19 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #397 of 465 ▲ 23 | #20 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #341 of 465 ▲ 84 | #16 of 23 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 172 | #495 of 531 | #22 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.3% | #157 of 513 | #7 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.3% | #10 of 311 | #2 of 18 |
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
172
-79 (-31%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 203
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 172 | 9.1 | 18.9:1 | 91% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 13.3 | 15.3:1 | 82% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 231 | 16.5 | 14.0:1 | 88% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 85% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 288 | 23.5 | 12.3:1 | 43% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 23 | 13.9:1 | 89% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 265 | 16 | 16.6:1 | 83% (221) |
| 2000-01 | 170 | 13 | 13.1:1 | 78% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 203 | 13 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school with its address in FORT SMITH, Arkansas. It enrolls 172 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 59% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas (about 418).
FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 14,164 students, and its 27 schools include CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The largest racial or ethnic group at CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, with 46% of students. Enrollment also includes 23% Hispanic, 16% multiracial, and 13% Black. The school's White share is 22 points below the 68% share among Sebastian County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 18.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas, 16.0:1, is lower. Of all students at CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 91% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 65% for public schools in Sebastian County.
The model predicts 25.9% for a school in Arkansas with CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 18.5%.
For Sebastian County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $57,790, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 44 public schools and about 20,239 students.
Among nearby public schools, RAYMOND F. ORR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.8 miles. CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 79 students, from 251 to 172. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 14.8:1 to 18.9:1.
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Sebastian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
128,900
Census ACS
Median income
$57,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
Other schools in FORT SMITH
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
Nearby schools
- RAYMOND F. ORR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 235
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 801
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 582
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 2,053
- BEARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 297
- CAVANAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 303
Frequently asked questions
About CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 172 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.9:1 students per teacher at CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 46% White, 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 16% Two or more.
Who oversees CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT in Sebastian County.
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