Enrollment
247
Elementary
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050714000433
GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
492 HIGHWAY 25 NORTH, GUY, AR 72061 · (501) 679-3509 · Faulkner County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
227 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 55 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 33% larger than its 6th grade class (21).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
31.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -6.5pp since 2023
Math
18.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.4% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.9% | 23.0% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 247 | 91.9% | 29.6% |
| CEDARVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CEDARVILLE | 274 | 98.9% | 31.4% |
| SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEE BRANCH | 269 | 98.9% | 40.5% |
| CEDAR RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWARK | 263 | 98.9% | 38.3% |
| OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 270 | 100.0% | 35.5% |
| IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIOLET HILL | 286 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
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 GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Faulkner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #303 of 461 | #17 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #402 of 465 ▼ 41 | #18 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #280 of 465 ▼ 85 | #15 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #443 of 531 | #18 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #78 of 480 | #2 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.6% | #346 of 480 | #11 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #154 of 513 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #65 of 138 | #2 of 8 |
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
247
+84 (+52%) vs 2020
+82% since 1990-91, when it was 136
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 247 | 17.5 | 14.1:1 | 92% (227) |
| 2023-24 | 169 | 16.7 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 20.8 | 9.7:1 | 100% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 163 | 16 | 10.2:1 | 100% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 18.8 | 11.8:1 | 47% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 242 | 19 | 12.7:1 | 75% (182) |
| 2010-11 | 282 | 22 | 12.8:1 | 63% (178) |
| 2000-01 | 198 | 15 | 13.2:1 | 55% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 136 | 10 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in GUY, Arkansas. It offers pre-K through 6 and has 247 students enrolled. That is 41% below the average of about 418 students for elementary schools in Arkansas.
GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT (2 schools, 402 students) runs GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 85% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% multiracial, 5% Black, and 4% Hispanic. The diversity index for GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 14.1:1. Compared with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 92%. Among public schools in Faulkner County, the average eligibility rate is 52%.
Test results at GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 3.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (29.6% actual, 25.7% predicted).
Faulkner County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $67,289 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Faulkner County number 37, with about 18,977 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 29.6% compares with 43.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The NCES locale for GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21 the school reported 163 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 247. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large. The ratio was 10.2:1 in 2020-21 and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Faulkner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,717
Census ACS
Median income
$67,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 155 students
Nearby schools
- GUY-PERKINS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 155
- QUITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.9 mi · 432
- QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 308
- QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL6.9 mi · 210
- GREENBRIER MIDDLE SCHOOL7.4 mi · 583
- GREENBRIER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.4 mi · 569
Frequently asked questions
About GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 247 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 85% White, 4% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Two or more.
Is GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
GUY-PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GUY PERKINS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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