CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment primary schools in CLARENDON, Arkansas, one of the schools within CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 240 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 43% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Across the 2 schools in CLARENDON SCHOOL DISTRICT (433 students total), CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 59% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 26% White, 9% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 14.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Monroe County put the typical household earns roughly $43,214 per year, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Monroe County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 865 students), of which CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CLARENDON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 19.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 13%, going from 276 students in 2018 to 240 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 44% to 59%.

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