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Enrollment
438
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050975000715
HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1000 GEYER DRIVE, MENA, AR 71953 · (479) 394-3151 · Polk County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL438 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
19.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
287 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 127 | 29% |
| Grade 4 | 142 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 169 | 39% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
40.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
38.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 28.2% |
% 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
38.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 438 | 65.5% | 38.6% |
| SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISON | 479 | 65.8% | 44.9% |
| BEEBE EARLY CHILDHOOD BEEBE | 439 | 64.5% | N/A |
| PERRYVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PERRYVILLE | 464 | 69.0% | 36.1% |
| FOUNTAIN LAKE ELEMENTARY HOT SPRINGS | 491 | 62.7% | 42.6% |
| BISMARCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BISMARCK | 379 | 66.5% | 44.6% |
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 HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #205 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #228 of 465 ▲ 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #173 of 465 ▲ 76 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 438 | #228 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #456 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.2% | #351 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #327 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #49 of 138 |
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
438
+72 (+20%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 438 | 22.6 | 19.4:1 | 66% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 454 | 25 | 18.2:1 | 65% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 23.9 | 18.2:1 | 66% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 20 | 18.3:1 | 73% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 39% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 414 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 72% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 25 | 17.7:1 | 69% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 421 | 24 | 17.5:1 | 56% (235) |
| 1990-91 | 439 | 23 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in MENA, Arkansas, attend HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 438 students in grades 3 through 5.
District-wide, MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT has 5 schools and 1,703 students.
The share of students at HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are White is 85%. Enrollment also includes 8% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Polk County residents are about 88% White, a similar share. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 26%.
There are 22.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 19.4:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 3.4 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 287 students, or 66%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 53% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 35.5%. It scores 38.6%, 3.1 points above that figure.
For Polk County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $49,191, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Counting HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Polk County has 11 public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 6. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.3%; HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 38.6%, ranking 3rd of 6.
HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
From 366 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 438 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 18.3:1 to 19.4:1.
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Polk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,361
Census ACS
Median income
$49,191
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,063 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MENA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 503 students
- MENA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 393 students
- LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 357 students
- POLK COUNTY VIRTUAL ACADEMYCombined · 12 students
Other schools in MENA
- MENA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 503 students
- MENA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 393 students
- LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 357 students
- ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 321 students
- ACORN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 281 students
- ODEN SCHOOLSCombined · 133 students
Nearby schools
- MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 393
- POLK COUNTY VIRTUAL ACADEMY0.2 mi · 12
- MENA HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 503
- LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 357
- ACORN HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 281
- ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 321
Frequently asked questions
About HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 438 students in grades 03-05.
Is HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many teachers does HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1.
What is the student diversity at HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 85% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HOLLY HARSHMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT in Polk County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.