GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 601 SCHOOL DRIVE, in GREEN FOREST, Arkansas, GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized primary school that hosts 445 students (grades pre-K through 3), part of GREEN FOREST SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 3 schools in GREEN FOREST SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,425 students total), GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% White, 12% Asian, 5% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Carroll County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 88% of students at GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Carroll County's rate of about 75%.

After controlling for student poverty, GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Arkansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 26.8%; actual is 41.5%, +14.7 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, Carroll County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,230, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Carroll County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,862 students), of which GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

GREEN FOREST INTERMED SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. GREEN FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 5% since 2018, when it stood at 422 (now 445). White enrollment moved from 46% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

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