KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of cozy scale in KENSETT, Arkansas, part of RIVERVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 294 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 30% smaller than the state mean of about 418.

Across the 4 schools in RIVERVIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,120 students total), KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 55% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 90% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against White County (around 60%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 25.9%, the actual is 23.5%, a residual of -2.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for White County indicate median household income runs about $55,249, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, White County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,342 students), of which KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RIVERVIEW JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 373 (now 294).

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.