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Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050615000330
FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
144 SCHOOL LANE., FLIPPIN, AR 72634 · (870) 453-8860 · Marion County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest 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
9.9:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
337 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 63 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (48).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
42.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +9.1pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.7% | 28.2% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% 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 16 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 FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 337 | 100.0% | 38.6% |
| MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOUNTAINBURG | 338 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
| MAYNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYNARD | 341 | 99.1% | 26.0% |
| AMANDA GIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COTTER | 374 | 100.0% | 47.0% |
| MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLORAL | 291 | 100.0% | 27.5% |
| WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREERS FERRY | 284 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
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 FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #204 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #216 of 465 ▲ 94 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #142 of 465 ▲ 98 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #357 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #1 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #444 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #33 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #138 of 311 |
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
337
-28 (-8%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 337 | 34.1 | 9.9:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 299 | 31.2 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 30 | 13.5:1 | 100% (405) |
| 2020-21 | 365 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 100% (365) |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 24.8 | 16.1:1 | 30% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 465 | 30 | 15.5:1 | 78% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 420 | 30 | 14.0:1 | 78% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 23 | 18.8:1 | 57% (247) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 24 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A low-enrollment elementary school in FLIPPIN, Arkansas, FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT. A federal count lists 337 students at the school, in pre-K through 4.
FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 3 schools and 805 students.
The large majority of students at FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 94%, are White. Other reported shares: 3% multiracial. That is close to the 92% White share among all Marion County residents. FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
With 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 9.9:1. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 100%. Across public schools in Marion County, the average is about the same, 99%.
FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 70% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After accounting for student poverty, FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.6% is 16.0 points above the 22.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Marion County, median household income is about $48,619, about 15% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. A total of 8 public schools operate in Marion County, serving about 1,874 students.
Nearest public school: FLIPPIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Other public schools within five miles: 4. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.5%; FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 38.6%, ranking 7th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The number of students dropped from 365 to 337 over 4 years. The school's ratio fell from 14.6:1 to 9.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Marion County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,228
Census ACS
Median income
$48,619
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,874 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 246 students
- FLIPPIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 222 students
Other schools in FLIPPIN
- FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 246 students
- FLIPPIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 222 students
Nearby schools
- FLIPPIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 222
- FLIPPIN HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 246
- COTTER HIGH SCHOOL4.4 mi · 324
- AMANDA GIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 374
- YELLVILLE-SUMMIT MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 287
- YELLVILLE-SUMMIT HIGH SCHOOL5.8 mi · 312
Frequently asked questions
About FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 337 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.9:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FLIPPIN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.