Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051414001262
GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
400 GANDY AVENUE, WHITE HALL, AR 71602 · (870) 247-4054 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- C+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
14.6:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
238 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
39.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
38.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +9.1pp 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 38 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.1% | 38.3% |
| 2023-24 | 35.9% | 29.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 366 | 65.0% | 35.4% |
| MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 361 | 66.5% | 37.7% |
| MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 408 | 69.9% | N/A |
| MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITE HALL | 408 | 54.9% | 37.7% |
| RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RISON | 427 | 74.5% | 39.9% |
| JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUNCTION CITY | 356 | 68.5% | 27.9% |
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 GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #239 of 461 | #5 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #236 of 465 ▲ 62 | #4 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #190 of 465 ▲ 21 | #4 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #322 of 531 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #110 of 480 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #207 of 480 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #328 of 513 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.1% | #38 of 138 | N/A |
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
366
+38 (+12%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 413
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 366 | 25 | 14.6:1 | 65% (238) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 26.4 | 13.9:1 | 64% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 24 | 14.5:1 | 60% (209) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 23 | 14.3:1 | 53% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 23.5 | 13.2:1 | 23% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 25 | 13.7:1 | 56% (191) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 40% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 25 | 17.9:1 | 27% (120) |
| 1990-91 | 413 | 22 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in WHITE HALL, Arkansas, GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 366 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
The WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 6 schools and 3,046 students.
At GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 63% of the student body. The school is also 28% Black, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. That is higher than the 37% White share among all Jefferson County residents. GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 52%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 25 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.6:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The school's lunch program data list 65% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 77% average among public schools in Jefferson County.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.4% and a predicted 35.6%.
Among Jefferson County residents, the median household income is $51,096, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Besides GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Jefferson County has 27 other public schools.
The shortest distance from GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.8 miles, to TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 21.7% proficiency; GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 35.4%.
Locale data from NCES put GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment grew from 328 in 2020-21 to 366 in 2024-25.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,802
Census ACS
Median income
$51,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 954 students
- WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
- MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
Other schools in WHITE HALL
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 954 students
- WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
- MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
Nearby schools
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 373
- WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 721
- MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 408
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 954
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 367
- COLEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 426
Frequently asked questions
About GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
Is GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.6:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 63% White, 4% Hispanic, 28% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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