EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in MAGNOLIA, Arkansas, operated by MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 570 students, covering grades K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 36% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by MAGNOLIA SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 2,505 students overall.

Demographically, EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Black (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 30% White, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Columbia County as a whole is about 34% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 97% of students at EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Columbia County (around 82%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Columbia County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $55,334 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Columbia County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,472 students), of which EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MAGNOLIA HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 35%: 874 students in 2018 compared to 570 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 38% to 30% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

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