EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in EARLE, Arkansas, EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate elementary school, one of the schools within EARLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 195 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 53% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Within EARLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 371 students, EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (94%) are Black. The remainder is composed of 3% White. By comparison, Crittenden County as a whole is about 51% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Crittenden County (around 90%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.5%; this one delivers 11.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Crittenden County indicate median household earnings sit near $55,358, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Crittenden County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,770 students), EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: EARLE HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.3 miles off. On composite proficiency, EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 19.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EARLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 36%, going from 303 students in 2018 to 195 in 2025.

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