EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of sprawling scale in BATESVILLE, Arkansas, operated by BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 905 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 117% bigger than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 3,513 students overall.

Looking at the student body, EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 36% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 25.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.2%; this one delivers 32.0%.

In the surrounding community, Independence County reports that median household income runs about $56,609, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Independence County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,855 students), EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 35.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 32%: 687 students in 2018 compared to 905 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 60% to 53%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 25.3:1 today.

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