COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment elementary campus in VANDERVOORT, Arkansas, COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL instructs 170 students from grades K through 2, run under COSSATOT RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 418.

COSSATOT RIVER SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 855 students. COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. By comparison, Polk County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Polk County's rate of about 74%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Polk County put the typical household earns roughly $49,191 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Polk County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,063 students), of which COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: COSSATOT RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.