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What's the most underrated thing about CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 413 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CAVE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050405000147
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
711 N. MAIN, CAVE CITY, AR 72521 · (870) 283-5393 · Sharp County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.3:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
457 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 60 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 113 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (113) is 36% larger than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY→CAVE CITY HIGH CAREER & COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CAVE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
48.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
Math
36.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.6% | 36.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.3% | 32.9% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 605 | 75.5% | 43.5% |
| WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUDSONIA | 560 | 70.4% | 48.8% |
| POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POCAHONTAS | 703 | 74.5% | 30.6% |
| TUCKERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TUCKERMAN | 468 | 79.1% | 39.3% |
| WATSON PRIMARY SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 516 | 77.5% | N/A |
| ELGIN B MILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL OZARK | 527 | 68.5% | 41.6% |
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 CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #138 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #257 of 465 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #95 of 465 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #68 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #157 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.2% | #426 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #235 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.1% | #109 of 138 |
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
605
+42 (+7%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 537
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 605 | 39.7 | 15.3:1 | 76% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 528 | 39.2 | 13.5:1 | 81% (427) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 37.8 | 15.3:1 | 74% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 77% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 581 | 39.3 | 14.8:1 | 39% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 39 | 15.6:1 | 78% (473) |
| 2010-11 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 71% (343) |
| 2000-01 | 592 | 37 | 16.0:1 | 56% (330) |
| 1990-91 | 537 | 30 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school located in CAVE CITY, Arkansas. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 605 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll around 418, and this school is 45% bigger than that mark.
District-wide, CAVE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 1,239 students.
A large majority of enrollment at CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 93%. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Black and 2% Hispanic. Among Sharp County residents, the White share is about 92%. The diversity index for CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school's 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 16.0:1. At CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 76% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is in line with the 76% average for public schools in Sharp County.
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 75% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 43.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.8%.
In Sharp County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $44,637 a year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Sharp County number 6, with about 2,738 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY, is the closest to CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 37.2%, lower than CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 43.5%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 7%.
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sharp County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,773
Census ACS
Median income
$44,637
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
2,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CAVE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CAVE CITY HIGH CAREER & COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 375 students
- CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORYMiddle · 259 students
Other schools in CAVE CITY
- CAVE CITY HIGH CAREER & COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY SCHOOLHigh · 375 students
- CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORYMiddle · 259 students
Nearby schools
- CAVE CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER AND COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY0.1 mi · 259
- CAVE CITY HIGH CAREER & COLLEGIATE PREPARATORY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 375
- HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL12.8 mi · 179
- WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.4 mi · 599
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.8 mi · 905
- SULPHUR ROCK MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.9 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 605 students in grades PK-05.
Is CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.3:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CAVE CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CAVE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.