CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized intermediate school in MAGNOLIA, Arkansas, part of MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 527 students in grades 3 through 7.

MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,505 students. CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Black (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 32% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 34% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Columbia County's rate of about 82%.

After controlling for student poverty, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.6%, the actual is 29.6%, a residual of +7.0 points.

Across the wider county, Columbia County reports that median household income runs about $55,334, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Columbia County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,472 students), CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MAGNOLIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 35.7%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 633 students in 2018 compared to 527 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.