CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school in MABELVALE, Arkansas, one of the schools within LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 897 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 115% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

Within LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 40 schools and 22,320 students, CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 42% Hispanic, 5% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Pulaski County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.4%; this one delivers 18.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Pulaski County shows median household earnings sit near $62,873, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Pulaski County's 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 9.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 16% since 2018, when it stood at 774 (now 897). The Black share of enrollment decreased from 57% to 50% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.