Enrollment
263
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050007000767
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3549 CORD ROAD, NEWARK, AR 72562 · (870) 201-2577 · Independence County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL263 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
260 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (49).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CEDAR RIDGE 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
41.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +10.1pp since 2023
Math
38.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -10.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.4% | 38.3% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 49.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 263 | 98.9% | 38.3% |
| SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEE BRANCH | 269 | 98.9% | 40.5% |
| MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARSHALL | 284 | 98.9% | 44.6% |
| IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIOLET HILL | 286 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
| WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREERS FERRY | 284 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
| MAMMOTH SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAMMOTH SPRING AR | 274 | 100.0% | 39.3% |
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 CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Independence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #208 of 461 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #233 of 465 ▼ 121 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #157 of 465 ▲ 111 | #1 of 6 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 263 | #435 of 531 | #6 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #9 of 480 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.0% | #433 of 480 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.9% | #123 of 513 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #244 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
263
-13 (-5%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 303
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 9.2:1
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 | 263 | 22 | 12.0:1 | 99% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 279 | 18 | 15.5:1 | 99% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 23.2 | 11.8:1 | 78% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 30 | 9.2:1 | 100% (276) |
| 2017-18 | 282 | 24.9 | 11.3:1 | 73% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 319 | 28 | 11.4:1 | 73% (232) |
| 2010-11 | 303 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 72% (218) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In NEWARK, Arkansas, part of Independence County, CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 263 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll about 418 students on average.
District-wide, CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 636 students.
A large majority of enrollment at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 93%. The rest of enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Independence County, the White share is about 84%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 13%.
The school had 22 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1. The school reported 99% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Independence County.
Test results at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 15.2 points above what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 38.3%, compared with a predicted 23.1%, which ranks in the top 10% in Arkansas.
In Independence County, the median household earns about $56,609 a year, roughly 18% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 14%. Independence County counts 14 public schools with about 6,855 students.
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 263, from 276 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.0 students per teacher, compared with 9.2 in 2020-21.
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Independence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,175
Census ACS
Median income
$56,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,855 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 373 students
Other Cedar Ridge Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 9 states are named Cedar Ridge Elementary. CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 11th largest of the 11.
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolGrovetown, GA · 1,060 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYEDEN PRAIRIE, MN · 557 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARYBRANSON, MO · 517 students
- Cedar Ridge Elementary SchoolPUEBLO WEST, CO · 458 students
- CEDAR RIDGE ELEM.COLUMBIA, MO · 453 students
Nearby schools
- CEDAR RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 373
- SULPHUR ROCK MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 333
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.9 mi · 905
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.3 mi · 852
- SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL10.5 mi · 464
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER10.5 mi · 690
Frequently asked questions
About CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 263 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CEDAR RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Independence County.
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