HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary campus in REDFIELD, Arkansas, one of the schools within WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 224 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 46% below that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,046 students total), HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 37% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 77%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARDIN 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 45.3%, a residual of +6.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $51,096, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 28 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 8,520 students).

EAST END MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.5 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 31.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 9%: 246 students in 2018 compared to 224 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.