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How has HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 695 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050939000681
HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL
133 MILITARY RD, MARION, AR 72364 · (870) 739-5120 · Crittenden County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
431 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 88 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 9% larger than its 6th grade class (88).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL→MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY→MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→MARION HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
23.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
18.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 23 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.3% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.3% | 20.8% |
% 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
23.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL
HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL's state test result (23.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL this school | 670 | 64.3% | 23.2% |
| PEAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARKADELPHIA | 783 | 68.1% | 30.1% |
| THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 491 | 65.0% | 33.9% |
| CROSSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CROSSETT | 699 | 68.4% | 23.8% |
| ELLEN SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 461 | 63.6% | 34.0% |
| JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 733 | 54.3% | 9.9% |
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 HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crittenden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.2% | #361 of 461 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #406 of 465 ▼ 30 | #2 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #361 of 465 ▼ 49 | #2 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #46 of 531 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #439 of 480 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.3% | #60 of 480 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #334 of 513 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.9% | #33 of 138 | N/A |
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
670
+55 (+9%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 615
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 670 | 35.1 | 19.1:1 | 64% (431) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 34.4 | 19.4:1 | 67% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 58% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 61% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 554 | 37.8 | 14.7:1 | 31% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 40 | 16.3:1 | 72% (470) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 37 | 17.0:1 | 64% (403) |
| 2000-01 | 472 | 27 | 17.5:1 | 44% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 615 | 31 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL.
About HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL
HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school found in MARION, Arkansas. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 670 students. Elementary schools in Arkansas have about 418 students on average; enrollment here is 60% higher.
MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3,888 students spread across 6 schools.
Of every 100 students at HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL, about 44 are Black, the largest group. It is also 36% White, 12% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
For every teacher at HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL, there are about 19.1 students; the school has 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas, 16.0:1, is lower. There are 431 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 64% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Crittenden County is 90%.
HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL would be expected to post about 35.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.2%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Crittenden County show that median household income comes to about $55,358, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. The county's public schools total 19, with about 8,770 students.
MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL sits about 1.2 miles from HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
From 615 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 670 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 15.4 to 19.1 over 4 years.
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Crittenden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,266
Census ACS
Median income
$55,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,770 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MARION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 927 students
- MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 762 students
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
- MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 588 students
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 287 students
Other schools in MARION
- MARION HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 927 students
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 654 students
- MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 588 students
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMYMiddle · 287 students
Nearby schools
- MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL1.2 mi · 654
- MARION SEVENTH GRADE ACADEMY1.3 mi · 287
- MARION HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 927
- MARION JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 588
- MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL3.6 mi · 762
- WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.0 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOLHow large is HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL?
HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 670 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL serve?
HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL are roughly 36% White, 12% Hispanic, 44% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL public or private?
HERBERT CARTER GLOBAL COMMUNITY MAGNET SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARION SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.