CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 125 WEST MAIN, in CHARLESTON, Arkansas, CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that works with 502 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under CHARLESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 20% above that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in CHARLESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT (912 students total), CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Franklin County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Franklin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $55,886 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Franklin County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,039 students), CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 4%, going from 525 students in 2018 to 502 in 2025.

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