Enrollment
232
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900000606
CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2100 EAST 6TH STREET, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72202 · (501) 447-4000 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL232 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
13.5:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
229 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 20 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 52 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 62% smaller than its 5th grade class (52).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
15.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -8.6pp since 2023
Math
10.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -14.7pp 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 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.7% | 10.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.3% | 24.7% |
% 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
18.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% 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 CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (18.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 232 | 98.7% | 18.0% |
| SEVENTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 263 | 99.6% | 8.6% |
| CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 265 | 98.9% | 14.0% |
| LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE VILLAGE | 292 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| BLYTHEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 307 | 100.0% | 6.8% |
| MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 254 | 98.8% | 18.5% |
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 CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #404 of 461 | #42 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #454 of 465 ▼ 107 | #59 of 63 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.7% | #427 of 465 ▼ 63 | #48 of 63 ▼ 16 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #460 of 531 | #61 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #45 of 480 | #7 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #320 of 480 | #57 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.7% | #127 of 513 | #29 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -42.9% | #4 of 311 | #2 of 42 |
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
232
-20 (-8%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 603
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 232 | 17.2 | 13.5:1 | 99% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 22.6 | 13.3:1 | 88% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 19.9 | 16.3:1 | 89% (289) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 27 | 9.3:1 | 100% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 25.2 | 16.1:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 322 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 99% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 28 | 16.0:1 | 73% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 24 | 21.3:1 | 38% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 603 | 32 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL runs as a small elementary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. The school's enrollment of 232 students covers kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 44% lower than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas, which is about 418.
CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 40 schools enrolling 22,320 students.
Black students make up 81% of enrollment at CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other students are 9% Hispanic, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 37% Black share among all Pulaski County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 32% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 17.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.5:1. This ratio sits 2.5 below the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 99%. That is higher than the 71% average for public schools in Pulaski County.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Arkansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 23.1%. CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 18.0%.
Within Pulaski County, the median household income is $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Pulaski County has 132 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, ESTEM EAST VILLAGE JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL, is about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 232, an 8% decrease from 252 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 9.3:1 in 2020-21, and 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Nearby schools
- ESTEM EAST VILLAGE JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 280
- ESTEM JUNIOR HIGH PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 401
- ESTEM HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 676
- SEVENTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 263
- ROCKEFELLER EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER1.4 mi · 317
- ESTEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 672
Frequently asked questions
About CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 232 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 9% Hispanic, 81% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.