HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 200 EAST CLEVELAND, in HAZEN, Arkansas, HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment K-5 school that works with 315 students (grades pre-K through 6), part of HAZEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by HAZEN SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 544 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 20% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.6%, the actual is 24.0%, a residual of -7.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Prairie County) records that the typical household earns roughly $51,646 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Prairie County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,202 students), HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HAZEN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.5%.

HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 27%, going from 433 students in 2018 to 315 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.