HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of cozy scale in HECTOR, Arkansas, one of the schools within HECTOR SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 245 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 418.

HECTOR SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 695 students; HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). By comparison, Pope County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Pope County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 26.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Pope County) logs that median household income runs about $57,344, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Pope County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students), HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

HECTOR MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 36.3%.

HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 22% since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 245). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.