Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900000611
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1600 N. TYLER, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72207 · (501) 447-4500 · Pulaski County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 98% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A+Test 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
18.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
126 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
63.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
73.6%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.2% | 73.6% |
| 2023-24 | 70.6% | 75.8% |
% 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
66.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 47% 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 19 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 PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 379 | 33.2% | 66.9% |
| JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 359 | 35.7% | 75.5% |
| JULIA LEE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 328 | 40.5% | 57.8% |
| WOODROW CUMMINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 450 | 36.9% | 53.6% |
| PERRIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BENTON | 465 | 35.1% | 47.9% |
| SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 551 | 37.9% | 52.0% |
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 PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.9% | #10 of 461 | #2 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.6% | #10 of 465 ▼ 8 | #2 of 63 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #17 of 465 ▼ 13 | #4 of 63 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #305 of 531 | #37 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #380 of 480 | #54 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.7% | #211 of 480 | #40 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.2% | #482 of 513 | #65 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #92 of 311 | #20 of 42 |
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
379
-36 (-9%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
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 | 379 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 33% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 387 | 23 | 16.9:1 | 28% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 25% (96) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 20% (84) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 26.4 | 17.9:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 29 | 15.2:1 | 21% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 26 | 17.3:1 | 18% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 305 | 15 | 20.3:1 | 27% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 21 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, (ZIP code 72207). The school counts 379 students across pre-K through 5.
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 40 schools. Together they enroll 22,320 students.
Roughly 65% of students at FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. The rest of enrollment is 24% Black, 6% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Pulaski County, the White share is about 49%. The school's diversity index is 52%, meaning two students picked at random have a 52% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 21 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas have 16.0:1, compared with 18.1:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 33% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Pulaski County report 71%.
allk12 grades FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A+. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 66.9%. Predicted: 47.5%. Difference: 19.4 points.
Across Pulaski County, the median household income is $62,873, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. In all, Pulaski County has 133 public schools and roughly 64,124 students.
Of nearby public schools, FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment at FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL dropped 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 415 to 379 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 16.0:1 to 18.1:1.
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Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Other Forest Park Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Forest Park Elementary. FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 13.
- Forest Park ElementaryFremont, CA · 725 students
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBOYNTON BEACH, FL · 613 students
- Forest Park Elementary SchoolFort Wayne, IN · 558 students
- Forest Park ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 522 students
- Forest Park ElementaryKannapolis, NC · 472 students
Nearby schools
- FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY0.5 mi · 777
- FAIR PARK EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.7 mi · 195
- LITTLE ROCK HALL STEAM MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 305
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 359
- WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 340
- PULASKI HEIGHTS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.1:1 students per teacher at FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 65% White, 6% Hispanic, 24% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pulaski County.
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