GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in MALVERN, Arkansas, GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized K-5 school, overseen by GLEN ROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 507 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 21% larger than the state mean of about 418.

GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by GLEN ROSE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 1,302 students overall.

In terms of who attends, GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hot Spring County (around 64%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 35.6%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hot Spring County put median household income runs about $55,405, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Hot Spring County (combined enrollment of about 5,410 students).

Nearest neighbor: GLEN ROSE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 35.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 23% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 507). Class-load math has loosened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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