JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in JUNCTION CITY, Arkansas, overseen by JUNCTION CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 356 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

Within JUNCTION CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 673 students, JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 57%; the rest breaks down as 37% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Native American.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 69% of students at JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.7%, the actual is 28.9%, a residual of -4.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Union County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,259 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 6,933 students).

Nearest neighbor: Northeast Claiborne Charter, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 3%: 347 students in 2018 compared to 356 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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