Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051206000966
CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1116 PARKER ROAD, RUSSELLVILLE, AR 72801 · (479) 968-4677 · Pope County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
369 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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
CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
27.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
32.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.4% | 32.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.5% | 24.2% |
% 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
27.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (27.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 399 | 92.5% | 27.2% |
| KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 437 | 86.3% | 22.1% |
| NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL NASHVILLE | 569 | 99.5% | 36.4% |
| KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KENSETT | 294 | 90.1% | 26.2% |
| OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 503 | 86.1% | 28.8% |
| WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BATESVILLE | 599 | 81.6% | 29.8% |
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 CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pope County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.2% | #333 of 461 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #283 of 465 ▲ 65 | #6 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #325 of 465 ▲ 43 | #9 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #283 of 531 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #275 of 480 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #90 of 480 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.5% | #151 of 513 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #296 of 311 | #7 of 7 |
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
399
+29 (+8%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 92% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 24.4 | 15.0:1 | 99% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 24.4 | 15.5:1 | 85% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 370 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 86% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 407 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 47% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 471 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 87% (412) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 86% (391) |
| 2000-01 | 391 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 78% (304) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 28 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT in RUSSELLVILLE, Arkansas. It enrolled 399 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year.
The district, RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 10 schools serving 5,591 students.
By race and ethnicity, CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 50% White. After that, the student body is 32% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 7% Black. Census figures show Pope County is about 84% White. The chance that two students picked at random at CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 63%.
The school reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.6 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is about 16.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 92% of students. Compared with the 64% average for public schools in Pope County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 27.2%, compared with a predicted 25.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pope County, median household income is about $57,344, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 25 public schools operate in Pope County, serving about 10,311 students.
Nearby, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF RUSSELLVILLE is about 1.4 miles away. CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8.
For locale, NCES codes CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Remote.
The student count in 2024-25 was 399, 8% above the 370 of 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 13.7:1 to 16.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Pope County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,131
Census ACS
Median income
$57,344
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
10,311 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,281 students
- RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 808 students
- RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 795 students
- SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
- RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 436 students
Other schools in RUSSELLVILLE
- RUSSELLVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,281 students
- RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 808 students
- RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 795 students
- SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
- RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 436 students
Other Crawford Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Crawford Elementary. CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Crawford Elementary SchoolAURORA, CO · 567 students
- Crawford Elementary SchoolArcadia, LA · 278 students
- Crawford Elementary SchoolCRAWFORD, TX · 278 students
- CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRAWFORD, NE · 87 students
Nearby schools
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF RUSSELLVILLE1.4 mi · 31
- DWIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 234
- RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 795
- RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 436
- OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 503
- RUSSELLVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 808
Frequently asked questions
About CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 50% White, 32% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CRAWFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by RUSSELLVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.