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Enrollment
384
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050459000186
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1201 DONAGHEY AVE, CONWAY, AR 72034 · (501) 450-4825 · Faulkner County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL384 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
270 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 18% larger than its 4th grade class (67).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
43.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
Math
40.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.6% | 40.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 35.8% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 384 | 70.3% | 40.0% |
| MARGUERITE VANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 359 | 70.8% | 26.5% |
| ENGLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENGLAND | 350 | 72.9% | 26.4% |
| MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 361 | 66.5% | 37.7% |
| MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 408 | 69.9% | N/A |
| NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE JONESBORO | 313 | 67.4% | 26.1% |
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 IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Faulkner County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #181 of 461 | #11 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #205 of 465 ▲ 24 | #11 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #132 of 465 ▼ 21 | #9 of 18 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 384 | #295 of 531 | #11 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #311 of 480 | #13 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #43 of 480 | #7 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.3% | #289 of 513 | #5 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #112 of 138 | #7 of 8 |
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
384
-10 (-3%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 384 | 22.5 | 17.0:1 | 70% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 22.9 | 17.3:1 | 72% (284) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 23.2 | 17.3:1 | 74% (296) |
| 2020-21 | 394 | 24 | 16.4:1 | 77% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 24.1 | 15.4:1 | 31% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | 73% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 69% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 487 | 28 | 17.4:1 | 40% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 25 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in CONWAY, Arkansas. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 4, with 384 students on the rolls.
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 16-school district, CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 10,212 students.
The student body at IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group. White students lead at 45%. Other groups make up 34% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 10% multiracial. Faulkner County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 66, compared with 70 nationally.
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1. The school's 17.0:1 compares with an average of 16.0:1 for elementary schools in Arkansas. The school has 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Faulkner County averages 52%, lower than here.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 33.7%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 40.0%.
In Faulkner County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $67,289, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 37 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,977, IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 3% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Faulkner County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
127,717
Census ACS
Median income
$67,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
18,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CONWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,350 students
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 547 students
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 498 students
Other schools in CONWAY
- CONWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,350 students
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,568 students
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 752 students
- RUTH DOYLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 547 students
- CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 514 students
- BOB COURTWAY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 498 students
Nearby schools
- CONWAY HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 2,350
- CONWAY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,568
- SALLIE CONE PRESCHOOL1.3 mi · 277
- JULIA LEE MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 328
- CARL STUART MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 752
- MARGUERITE VANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 359
Frequently asked questions
About IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 384 students in grades KG-04.
Is IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 23 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 45% White, 12% Hispanic, 34% Black, 10% Two or more.
What district is IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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