HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL

HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL, a large K-5 school in MARION, Arkansas, run under MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 670 students, covering grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 60% above the state mean of about 418.

HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 3,888 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL reports that 44% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 36% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Crittenden County (around 90%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.2%; this one delivers 24.2%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Crittenden County put median household earnings sit near $55,358, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in Crittenden County (combined enrollment of about 8,770 students).

MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 19.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL has ticked up 21%, going from 554 students in 2018 to 670 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 53% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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