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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 357 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051185001391
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14300 DINEEN, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72206 · (501) 897-2171 · Pulaski County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
309 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
19.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
24.2%
AR avg 38.9% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.8% | 24.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.2% | 26.1% |
% 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
22.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (22.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 409 | 75.6% | 22.1% |
| WARREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WARREN | 412 | 83.7% | 21.0% |
| HILL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRYANT | 562 | 73.7% | 37.5% |
| PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 417 | 70.5% | 35.1% |
| LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 301 | 72.8% | 21.0% |
| ROBERT L. DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 504 | 73.8% | 34.7% |
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 DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #370 of 461 | #31 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.2% | #358 of 465 ▼ 28 | #29 of 63 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #392 of 465 ▲ 15 | #37 of 63 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #264 of 531 | #32 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #41 of 480 | #6 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #12 of 480 | #1 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.6% | #234 of 513 | #38 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #170 of 311 | #27 of 42 |
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
409
+36 (+10%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 638
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 409 | 30.6 | 13.3:1 | 76% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 31.3 | 13.3:1 | 99% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 34.5 | 12.1:1 | 98% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 100% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 37.1 | 12.6:1 | 29% (133) |
| 2015-16 | 493 | 37 | 13.3:1 | 87% (430) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 84% (413) |
| 2000-01 | 757 | 47 | 16.1:1 | 73% (553) |
| 1990-91 | 638 | 45 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. It enrolls 409 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 12,586 students in 26 schools, including DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The largest racial or ethnic group at DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic, with 36% of students. Enrollment also includes 36% Black, 17% White, and 11% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 27 points above the 8% share among Pulaski County residents. The diversity index for DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1, with 30.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 76% at DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
In Arkansas, DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 22.1% actual against a predicted 31.7%.
The school is in Pulaski County, where median household income comes to about $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Pulaski County's 133 public schools enroll about 64,124 students and include DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 3.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 4 other public schools. DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 22.1% compares with 13.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
In 2020-21, DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 373 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 409.
This page is set up for the DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SYLVAN HILLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,120 students
- JOE T. ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,030 students
- MAUMELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 869 students
- SYLVAN HILLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- SYLVAN HILLS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 721 students
- MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 612 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Nearby schools
- LANDMARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 301
- MILLS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 420
- MILLS UNIVERSITY STUDIES HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 612
- BASELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 274
- GRADUATE ARKANSAS CHARTER HIGH5.2 mi · 557
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMY5.3 mi · 1,252
Frequently asked questions
About DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 409 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
How diverse is DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 17% White, 36% Hispanic, 36% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
DAISY BATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.