CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary campus in NEWARK, Arkansas, overseen by CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 263 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT (636 students total), CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (93%) are White; the rest reads as 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

On the resource side, On paper, CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Independence County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.1%.

Around the school, census data for Independence County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,609 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 public schools in Independence County (combined enrollment of about 6,855 students).

CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 7%, going from 282 students in 2018 to 263 in 2025.

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