Enrollment
195
Elementary
DISTRICT 186 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EARLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050555000264
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1425 2ND STREET, EARLE, AR 72331 · (870) 792-8732 · Crittenden County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.2:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
194 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 14 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 9% smaller than its 6th grade class (22).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→EARLE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within EARLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
10.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
9.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 10 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.3% | 9.3% |
| 2023-24 | 11.5% | 12.3% |
% 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
11.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (11.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 195 | 99.5% | 11.3% |
| WEAVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 228 | 100.0% | 11.1% |
| DERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DERMOTT | 150 | 100.0% | 17.7% |
| CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 232 | 98.7% | 18.0% |
| CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OSCEOLA | 265 | 98.9% | 14.0% |
| BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 283 | 100.0% | 6.8% |
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 EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crittenden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.3% | #443 of 461 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.3% | #456 of 465 ▼ 24 | #10 of 10 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.3% | #453 of 465 ▼ 7 | #10 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #485 of 531 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #90 of 513 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -35.6% | #19 of 311 | #1 of 6 |
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
195
-65 (-25%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 445
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 195 | 14.8 | 13.2:1 | 99% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 13.4 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 231 | 17.1 | 13.5:1 | 100% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 100% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 303 | 22 | 13.8:1 | 45% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 71% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 30 | 13.2:1 | 96% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 93% (425) |
| 1990-91 | 445 | 27 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school, is located in EARLE, Arkansas. Students in pre-K through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 195 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll about 418 students on average.
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among 2 schools run by EARLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 371 students.
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 94% Black by enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% White. In Crittenden County overall, about 51% of residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 12%.
There are about 13.2 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 14.8. The school's 13.2:1 compares with an average of 16.0:1 for elementary schools in Arkansas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 99%. That rate is above the 90% average among public schools in Crittenden County.
On the allk12 Grade, EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 5% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Test results at EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 11.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (11.3% actual, 22.9% predicted).
In Crittenden County, median household income comes to about $55,358, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Crittenden County counts 19 public schools with about 8,770 students.
EARLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 8th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 65 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.8:1 to 13.2:1 over the same years.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Crittenden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,266
Census ACS
Median income
$55,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,770 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Earle Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Earle Elementary. EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Earle Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 286 students
Nearby schools
- EARLE HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 176
- HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL15.8 mi · 670
- TYRONZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL16.0 mi · 158
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL16.2 mi · 654
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY16.2 mi · 287
- MARION HIGH SCHOOL16.3 mi · 927
Frequently asked questions
About EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 195 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 1% Hispanic, 94% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by EARLE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Crittenden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.