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Enrollment
466
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051341001097
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
913 N 24 ST, VAN BUREN, AR 72956 · (479) 474-7059 · Crawford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL466 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.4:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
351 students
DISTRICT 67% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
26.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
36.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.7% | 36.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.1% | 31.6% |
% 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
27.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 466 | 75.3% | 27.9% |
| JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 459 | 76.3% | 32.1% |
| LAKE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEARCY | 555 | 74.1% | 44.4% |
| HUNTSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 479 | 73.5% | 28.8% |
| LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PEARCY | 566 | 70.5% | 47.9% |
| CENTERPOINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AMITY | 450 | 77.3% | 51.9% |
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 CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #323 of 461 | #9 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.9% | #248 of 465 ▲ 20 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.7% | #330 of 465 ▲ 40 | #8 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 466 | #194 of 531 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #397 of 480 | #7 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #175 of 480 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.3% | #237 of 513 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #174 of 311 | #3 of 6 |
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
466
+71 (+18%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 466 | 25.4 | 18.4:1 | 75% (351) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 27.2 | 18.0:1 | 75% (365) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 26.9 | 17.8:1 | 75% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 66% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 527 | 36.6 | 14.4:1 | 38% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 81% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 381 | 23 | 16.6:1 | 83% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 76% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in VAN BUREN, Arkansas. Students in kindergarten through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 466 students.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district with 5,703 students across 11 schools.
By race and ethnicity, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 64% White. The rest of enrollment is 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Crawford County's population at about 81%. CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 25.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 18.4 students for each one. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is lower than this school's figure. About 75% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Crawford County is 65%.
The allk12 Grade for CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 27.9% actual, 31.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Crawford County has these Census figures: median household income is about $64,132, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The public schools of Crawford County number 23 and enroll about 10,496.
Of nearby public schools, KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 35.8% proficiency; CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 27.9%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL saw enrollment rise 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 18.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,139
Census ACS
Median income
$64,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,232 students
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 713 students
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 468 students
- JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
- OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
Other schools in VAN BUREN
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,232 students
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 713 students
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 468 students
- JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
- OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
Other Central Elementary schools
151 other US public schools in 35 states are named Central Elementary. CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 46th largest of the 152.
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORREST CITY, AR · 713 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMAGNOLIA, AR · 527 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCABOT, AR · 394 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDUMAS, AR · 221 students
- Central Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 991 students
Nearby schools
- KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 437
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 557
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,232
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 437
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMY1.2 mi · 468
- OLIVER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 466 students in grades KG-05.
Is CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 25 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
What is the student diversity at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 64% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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