Enrollment
265
Elementary
DISTRICT 199 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051095001524
CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
500 GRANDVIEW, OSCEOLA, AR 72370 · (870) 563-2371 · Mississippi County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL265 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
262 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 73 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 24% |
This year's 1st grade class (73) is 14% larger than its 4th grade class (64).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within OSCEOLA 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
15.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
14.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.9% | 14.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.4% | 12.3% |
% 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
14.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% 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 CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (14.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 265 | 98.9% | 14.0% |
| SEVENTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 263 | 99.6% | 8.6% |
| BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 283 | 100.0% | 6.8% |
| CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 232 | 98.7% | 18.0% |
| BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 307 | 100.0% | 6.8% |
| LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE VILLAGE | 292 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
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 CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Mississippi County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #431 of 461 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #427 of 465 ▲ 4 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #426 of 465 ▼ 4 | #7 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 265 | #434 of 531 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #37 of 480 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #341 of 480 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #122 of 513 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #31 of 311 | N/A |
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
265
-54 (-17%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 265 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 99% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 21 | 12.7:1 | 99% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 24.6 | 12.5:1 | 99% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 28 | 11.4:1 | 100% (319) |
| 2017-18 | 381 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 37% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 406 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 99% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 26 | 12.3:1 | 97% (311) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its address is in OSCEOLA, Arkansas. It reported 265 students in grades 1 through 4 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Arkansas have about 418 students on average; enrollment here is 37% lower.
OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT (4 schools, 872 students) runs CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Black students are 84% of those enrolled at CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 8% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. That compares with about 34% Black among all Mississippi County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 28%.
Based on 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 13.3:1. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 16.0:1. Income data for the school show 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 84% average for public schools in Mississippi County, the school's rate is higher.
CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 14.0% is 9.0 points below the 23.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Mississippi County, median household income comes to about $52,548, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Mississippi County counts 22 public schools with about 6,930 students.
OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. On state test proficiency, CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Distant.
Enrollment decreased 17% over 4 years, reaching 265 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.4:1 to 13.3:1.
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Mississippi County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,126
Census ACS
Median income
$52,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,930 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 254 students
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 221 students
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 132 students
Other schools in OSCEOLA
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 254 students
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 221 students
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 132 students
Nearby schools
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 221
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 132
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 254
- RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.3 mi · 675
- RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY9.4 mi · 179
- ACADEMIES AT RIVERCREST HIGH SCHOOL9.4 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 265 students in grades 01-04.
Is CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 01-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.3:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 4% Hispanic, 84% Black, 5% Two or more.
What district is CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of OSCEOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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