CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a cozy elementary-level community in OSCEOLA, Arkansas, operated by OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 265 students, covering grades 1 through 4. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Within OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 872 students, CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 84% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest is composed of 8% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Mississippi County's rate of about 84%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 13.1%.

Zooming out to the county, Mississippi County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,548, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mississippi County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,930 students), CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 17.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 30%, going from 381 students in 2018 to 265 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 16% to 8%.

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