Enrollment
283
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050576000289
ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
349 N CENTER, ELKINS, AR 72727 · (479) 643-3382 · Washington County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
141 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 98 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 33% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
53.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
60.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.3% | 60.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.6% | 60.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 41% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 283 | 49.8% | 58.8% |
| ELKINS PRIMARY SCHOOL ELKINS | 322 | 50.9% | N/A |
| MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTEN MOUNTAIN HOME | 300 | 51.3% | N/A |
| LAVACA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAVACA | 322 | 51.6% | 42.1% |
| POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POYEN | 293 | 52.2% | 57.1% |
| RIVERSIDE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 300 | 55.0% | 42.9% |
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 ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #33 of 461 | #3 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.7% | #46 of 465 ▼ 5 | #4 of 34 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #57 of 465 ▲ 22 | #7 of 34 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 283 | #416 of 531 | #32 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #205 of 480 | #5 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.8% | #325 of 480 | #32 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #425 of 513 | #22 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #121 of 138 | #10 of 11 |
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
283
-20 (-7%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 283 | 17.9 | 15.8:1 | 50% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 16.5 | 18.1:1 | 53% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 17 | 18.6:1 | 50% (158) |
| 2020-21 | 303 | 20 | 15.2:1 | 51% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 15.9 | 17.4:1 | 29% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 257 | 18 | 14.3:1 | 54% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 367 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 48% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 31% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 427 | 22 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of ELKINS, Arkansas. The school reports 283 students in grades 3 through 5. The school's enrollment is 32% smaller than the 418 average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
The district, ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 1,462 students enrolled across 4 schools.
Most students at ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White: 82% of enrollment. Other groups make up 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Washington County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school's share is higher. ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 32%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 17.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 15.8:1. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is about 16.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 50% of students. Public schools in Washington County average 58%.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas schools. It scores 58.8%; the prediction is 41.3%.
Washington County has about 256,765 residents, and median household income is about $70,639, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Washington County number 76 and enroll about 42,451.
The nearest other public school, ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 58.7%; ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 58.8%, ranking 4th of 7.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 303 students in 2020-21 and 283 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease.
The ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ELKINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 463 students
- ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 394 students
- ELKINS PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
Other schools in ELKINS
- ELKINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 463 students
- ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 394 students
- ELKINS PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
Other Elkins Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Elkins Elementary. ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Elkins Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 654 students
Nearby schools
- ELKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 394
- ELKINS PRIMARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 322
- ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 463
- HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.8 mi · 521
- FAYETTEVILLE VIRTUAL ACADEMY A DIST CONVERSION CHARTER SCH7.9 mi · 165
- MCNAIR MIDDLE SCHOOL8.5 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 283 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 82% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by ELKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.