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Enrollment
485
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900001189
FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
300 PLEASANT VALLEY DRIVE, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72212 · (501) 447-4700 · Pulaski County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
17.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
259 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
61%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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
39.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 | 39.1% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.1% | 47.3% |
% 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
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 485 | 53.4% | 42.9% |
| SYLVAN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHERWOOD | 516 | 48.8% | 39.1% |
| HURRICANE CREEK ELEMENTARY BENTON | 435 | 58.9% | 46.1% |
| OAKBROOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHERWOOD | 408 | 57.1% | 30.3% |
| CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 514 | 54.5% | 51.2% |
| FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY LITTLE ROCK | 777 | 55.2% | 47.3% |
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 FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #148 of 461 | #12 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #171 of 465 ▼ 43 | #12 of 63 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #189 of 465 ▼ 93 | #14 of 63 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #171 of 531 | #19 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #343 of 480 | #49 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #109 of 480 | #21 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.4% | #403 of 513 | #56 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #95 of 311 | #22 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
485
-54 (-10%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 485 | 27.6 | 17.6:1 | 53% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 28 | 19.0:1 | 52% (276) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 51% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 539 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 46% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 605 | 33.5 | 18.1:1 | 15% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 618 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 47% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 571 | 35 | 16.3:1 | 28% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 28% (122) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 30 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. A total of 485 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 40 schools with 22,320 students in all.
Black students are the largest group at FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 48% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 39% White, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 37%. By the diversity index, FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 61%.
Federal staffing data show 27.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 17.6:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 53% of enrollment. That is 18 points below the 71% average for public schools in Pulaski County.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Pulaski County show that median household income is about $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 133 public schools in Pulaski County, with a combined enrollment of about 64,124.
The closest other public school is TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 42.9% compares with 32.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 539 students to 485.
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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
Nearby schools
- TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 328
- MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 254
- LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 430
- LISA ACADEMY ARKANSAS HYBRID SCHOOL2.1 mi · 236
- LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 575
- WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 485 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 39% White, 6% Hispanic, 48% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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