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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051311001264
EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4505 PINSON, TEXARKANA, AR 71854 · (870) 772-8431 · Miller County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
473 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Based on grade levels within TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
32.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
26.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 26.9% | 20.6% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% 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 EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 473 | 100.0% | 28.3% |
| LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 427 | 100.0% | 48.6% |
| INDIAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 398 | 100.0% | 32.0% |
| EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAGNOLIA | 570 | 97.2% | N/A |
| BRAGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 473 | 100.0% | 15.4% |
| MCGEHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MCGEHEE | 547 | 100.0% | 35.6% |
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 EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Miller County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #319 of 461 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #333 of 465 ▲ 43 | #5 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #273 of 465 ▲ 59 | #3 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #187 of 531 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #90 of 480 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #120 of 480 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #76 of 513 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #146 of 311 | N/A |
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
473
-205 (-30%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 473 | 33.2 | 14.3:1 | 100% (473) |
| 2023-24 | 512 | 36.2 | 14.2:1 | 100% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 34.2 | 13.9:1 | 100% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 678 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 100% (678) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 35.6 | 15.7:1 | 31% (175) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 65% (366) |
| 2010-11 | 541 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 62% (336) |
| 2000-01 | 506 | 28 | 18.1:1 | 44% (221) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 33 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in TEXARKANA, Arkansas. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 473 students enrolled.
TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 8 schools with 3,830 students in all.
The largest racial or ethnic group at EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black, with 49% of students. Enrollment also includes 38% White, 8% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The school's Black share is 24 points above the 26% share among Miller County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
Classroom staffing at EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. Compared with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is lower. Federal data show 100% of students (473) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Miller County is 80%.
EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 28.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 22.7%.
The school's county is Miller County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $48,836 a year, roughly 15% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 19%. EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Miller County with 15 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOL, is about 0.8 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Locale: Suburb: Small. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
A 30% drop took enrollment from 678 in 2020-21 to 473 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.9:1 to 14.3:1.
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Miller County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,360
Census ACS
Median income
$48,836
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
6,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,092 students
- ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 842 students
- COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 391 students
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 246 students
- NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOLElementary · 243 students
Other schools in TEXARKANA
- ARKANSAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,092 students
- ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 842 students
- COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMYElementary · 391 students
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- GENOA CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 365 students
- GARY E. COBB MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 303 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH HEIGHTS COMMUNITY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 243
- ARKANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 842
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 373
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF TEXARKANA1.5 mi · 67
- Spring Lake Park Elementary School1.8 mi · 334
- FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 246
Frequently asked questions
About EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 38% White, 8% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
EDWARD D. TRICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.