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Enrollment
897
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900001463
CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11100 CHICOT ROAD, MABELVALE, AR 72103 · (501) 447-7000 · Pulaski County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL897 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
894 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 230 | 26% |
| Kindergarten | 126 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (126) is 26% larger than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
19.9%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
19.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.9% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 24.8% | 15.4% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 897 | 99.7% | 18.5% |
| WM. JEFFERSON CLINTON PRIMARY SCHOOL HOPE | 929 | 100.0% | 29.2% |
| DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK | 1,252 | 99.8% | N/A |
| RIDGE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 516 | 100.0% | 19.3% |
| WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 493 | 99.4% | 20.2% |
| J.A. FAIR K8 PREPARATORY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 779 | 99.6% | 12.0% |
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 CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #396 of 461 | #40 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #393 of 465 ▲ 17 | #35 of 63 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #390 of 465 ▼ 34 | #36 of 63 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 897 | #7 of 531 | #3 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #347 of 480 | #50 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #151 of 480 | #27 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.7% | #86 of 513 | #11 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.9% | #47 of 138 | #6 of 14 |
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
897
+205 (+30%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 757
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 897 | 50.9 | 17.6:1 | 100% (894) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 48.9 | 17.2:1 | 93% (786) |
| 2022-23 | 867 | 46 | 18.9:1 | 91% (790) |
| 2020-21 | 692 | 48 | 14.4:1 | 100% (691) |
| 2017-18 | 774 | 43.1 | 17.9:1 | 25% (197) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 49 | 16.0:1 | 100% (781) |
| 2010-11 | 757 | 55 | 13.8:1 | 94% (709) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in MABELVALE, Arkansas. It has an enrollment of 897 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll around 418, and this school is 115% above that mark.
Besides CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 39 other schools. The district enrolls 22,320 students.
More than half of the students at CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Black (50%). Next come 42% Hispanic and 5% White. That compares with about 37% Black among all Pulaski County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
The school lists 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 894 students, or 100%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 71% average for public schools in Pulaski County is 29 points.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -4.2 points: 18.5% actual, 22.8% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Pulaski County, the median household earns about $62,873 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Pulaski County has 133 public schools.
About 1.0 miles separate CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 18.5% versus a 10.1% average.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment rose by 30% across 4 years, from 692 in 2020-21 to 897 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.6:1, from 14.4:1.
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Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- PINNACLE VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 807 students
Other schools in MABELVALE
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 477 students
- MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
Nearby schools
- MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 369
- WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 383
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,045
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMY1.6 mi · 1,252
- ARKANSAS MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS ACADEMY (AMFRA)1.9 mi · 176
- CLOVERDALE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 655
Frequently asked questions
About CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 897 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 42% Hispanic, 50% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.