Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 185 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COSSATOT RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050040501157
COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
130 SCHOOL DRIVE, WICKES, AR 71973 · (870) 385-3400 · Polk County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
197 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 41 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 28% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
49.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +2.4pp since 2023
Math
47.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -4.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.4% | 47.4% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 51.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
49.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+26.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 27 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 200 | 98.5% | 49.9% |
| COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL VANDERVOORT | 170 | 98.2% | N/A |
| HERMITAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERMITAGE | 217 | 100.0% | 27.4% |
| WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 233 | 100.0% | 39.6% |
| RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLEVINS | 196 | 89.3% | 19.0% |
| CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 172 | 91.3% | 18.5% |
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 COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.9% | #81 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #148 of 465 ▼ 58 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #85 of 465 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #479 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #106 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #225 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.5% | #130 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #23 of 311 |
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
200
-58 (-22%) vs 2020
-40% since 2010-11, when it was 333
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 200 | 13.7 | 14.6:1 | 99% (197) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 12.8 | 17.3:1 | 99% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 14.9 | 16.3:1 | 99% (239) |
| 2020-21 | 258 | 23 | 11.2:1 | 100% (258) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 23.9 | 12.8:1 | 63% (193) |
| 2015-16 | 305 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 99% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 99% (330) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school serving families in WICKES, Arkansas. Federal data show 200 students enrolled in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students, which makes this school 52% below average.
COSSATOT RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT has 855 students in 4 schools, and COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 66%. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Native American. Polk County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 50%.
There are 13.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 14.6:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 1.3 more students per teacher than here. A total of 197 students, or 99%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Polk County average 74%.
After accounting for student poverty, COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 49.9% is 26.7 points above the 23.2% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Polk County, median household income comes to about $49,191, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 3,063 students.
COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL (about 6.1 miles). The count of other public schools within ten miles is 2. Compared with its nearest neighbors, COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 6 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Remote: the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 258 (2020-21) to 200 (2024-25). Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.2:1 to 14.6:1.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,361
Census ACS
Median income
$49,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,063 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COSSATOT RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT
- COSSATOT RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 388 students
- COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 170 students
- UMPIRE K-12 SCHOOLCombined · 97 students
Nearby schools
- COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 170
- COSSATOT RIVER HIGH SCHOOL6.6 mi · 388
- UMPIRE K-12 SCHOOL16.2 mi · 97
- DEQUEEN HIGH SCHOOL18.6 mi · 550
- DEQUEEN MIDDLE SCHOOL18.6 mi · 354
- DEQUEEN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL18.6 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 200 students in grades 03-06.
Is COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.6:1 (14 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 66% White, 24% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Is COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by COSSATOT RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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