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Does DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
615
Elementary
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050493000243
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
1376 N LIBERTY ROAD, DARDANELLE, AR 72834 · (479) 229-4185 · Yell County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL615 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
15.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
473 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 155 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 149 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 153 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 26% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL→DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→DARDANELLE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
29.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
32.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 30 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 32.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.1% | 31.0% |
% 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
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 615 | 76.9% | 30.7% |
| SONORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 604 | 74.8% | 31.6% |
| WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BATESVILLE | 599 | 81.6% | 29.8% |
| FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 582 | 80.6% | 33.3% |
| JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 459 | 76.3% | 32.1% |
| LAKE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEARCY | 555 | 74.1% | 44.4% |
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 DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #287 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #279 of 465 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #297 of 465 ▲ 45 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 615 | #64 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #184 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.9% | #210 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #225 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #198 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
615
+28 (+5%) vs 2020
+125% since 2000-01, when it was 273
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 615 | 39.7 | 15.5:1 | 77% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 36.9 | 16.8:1 | 72% (445) |
| 2022-23 | 614 | 37.8 | 16.3:1 | 72% (441) |
| 2020-21 | 587 | 37 | 15.9:1 | 76% (447) |
| 2017-18 | 684 | 44.8 | 15.3:1 | 45% (309) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 77% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 76% (387) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 20 | 13.7:1 | 52% (141) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in DARDANELLE, Arkansas. It reported 615 students in kindergarten through 3 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Arkansas have about 418 students on average; enrollment here is 47% higher.
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL sits within DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 4 schools and 2,116 students.
At DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL, 62% of students are White. Other students are 30% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 78% White share among all Yell County residents. The diversity index for DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 15.5:1. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is close to this figure. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 77%. The average for public schools in Yell County is similar, at 79%.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 31.2% and the result is 30.7%.
In Yell County, median household income comes to about $55,934, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 12, with about 3,945 students.
The closest school to DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, located about 1.6 miles away. DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 30.7% versus a 38.4% average.
For locale, NCES codes DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe.
From 587 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 615 by 2024-25.
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Yell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,134
Census ACS
Median income
$55,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,945 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DARDANELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 686 students
- DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 500 students
- DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 315 students
Other schools in DARDANELLE
- DARDANELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 686 students
- DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 500 students
- DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- DARDANELLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 315
- DARDANELLE HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 686
- DARDANELLE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 500
- SEQUOYAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 542
- RUSSELLVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 436
- RUSSELLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 795
Frequently asked questions
About DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOLHow many students attend DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL?
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 615 students in grades KG-03.
What grades does DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL serve?
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-03.
How many teachers does DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL have?
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 30% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL?
DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is overseen by DARDANELLE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Yell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.