Enrollment
375
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050738000450
FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1124 S TAMARIND, HARRISON, AR 72601 · (870) 741-5837 · Boone County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
251 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 1 | 83 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 27% |
This year's 1st grade class (83) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (100).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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 HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
53.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
63.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.6pp 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 64 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.2% | 63.5% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 58.9% |
% 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
54.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 35% 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 20 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 FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 375 | 66.9% | 54.8% |
| BISMARCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BISMARCK | 379 | 66.5% | 44.6% |
| PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANGBURN | 401 | 64.8% | 44.1% |
| SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SALEM | 434 | 66.1% | 47.4% |
| RECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RECTOR | 389 | 71.2% | 29.5% |
| VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VALLEY SPRINGS | 315 | 63.5% | 51.1% |
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 FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.8% | #48 of 461 | #1 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.5% | #36 of 465 ▲ 9 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.2% | #59 of 465 ▲ 2 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #307 of 531 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #314 of 480 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.1% | #420 of 480 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #314 of 513 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #185 of 311 | #4 of 6 |
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
375
-24 (-6%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 231
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 375 | 21.9 | 17.1:1 | 67% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 20.7 | 18.6:1 | 60% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 23.1 | 17.2:1 | 55% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 64% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 26.4 | 16.0:1 | 27% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 53% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 22 | 16.7:1 | 48% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 21 | 16.4:1 | 33% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 231 | 14 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in HARRISON, Arkansas, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment is 375 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 1 through 4.
HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 5 schools with 2,739 students in all.
White students make up 92% of enrollment at FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The White share in Boone County as a whole is similar, at about 94%. Pick two students at random and there is a 15% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 21.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. That is higher than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 67%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% in Arkansas. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 54.8%, against a prediction of 35.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Boone County show that the median household income is $55,143, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 18 public schools in the county.
The next-closest public school is SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.4 miles away. FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 4 others within five miles. Local comparison: FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 nearby schools, at 54.8% versus a 51.1% average.
The school is in a town far from an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Remote).
The school enrolled 375 students in 2024-25, 24 fewer than the 399 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.0:1 to 17.1:1.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,138
Census ACS
Median income
$55,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,818 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 865 students
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 843 students
- SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
- HARRISON KINDERGARTENElementary · 177 students
Other schools in HARRISON
- HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 865 students
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 843 students
- SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 479 students
- BERGMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 474 students
- BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 331 students
- BERGMAN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 297 students
Other Forest Heights Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Forest Heights Elementary. FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Forest Heights ElementaryColumbia, SC · 435 students
- Forest Heights ElementaryOxon Hill, MD · 215 students
Nearby schools
- SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 479
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 843
- HARRISON KINDERGARTEN1.6 mi · 177
- HARRISON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 865
- VALLEY SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL8.3 mi · 219
- VALLEY SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL8.3 mi · 253
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 375 students in grades 01-04.
Is FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 01-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HARRISON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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