DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary campus in DES ARC, Arkansas, DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 379 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within DES ARC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

DES ARC SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 658 students. DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Arkansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 31.7%; actual is 47.1%, +15.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Prairie County shows the typical household earns roughly $51,646 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Prairie County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,202 students), DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DES ARC HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. On composite proficiency, DES ARC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 24.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 19%: 318 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025.

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