Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 185 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050342000102
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6966 MILUM RD, LEAD HILL, AR 72644 · (870) 436-0506 · Boone County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% 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.
- 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
16.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
182 students
DISTRICT 98% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 48% smaller than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
21.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.4% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
31.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (31.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 185 | 98.4% | 31.7% |
| CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CALICO ROCK | 171 | 98.2% | 36.8% |
| MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL MULBERRY | 185 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY WESTERN GROVE | 153 | 98.0% | 17.4% |
| HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HECTOR | 245 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
| BRADFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADFORD | 249 | 100.0% | 18.4% |
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 LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Boone County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #277 of 461 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #196 of 465 ▲ 83 | #6 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #380 of 465 ▼ 2 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #490 of 531 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #131 of 513 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #149 of 311 | #2 of 6 |
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
185
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 167
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 185 | 11.5 | 16.1:1 | 98% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 166 | 12.2 | 13.6:1 | 98% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 12.4 | 15.1:1 | 98% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | 12 | 15.8:1 | 100% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 217 | 16.3 | 13.3:1 | 59% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 223 | 18 | 12.4:1 | 99% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 224 | 19 | 11.8:1 | 79% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 194 | 17 | 11.4:1 | 58% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 167 | 11 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in LEAD HILL, Arkansas, as a small elementary school. It teaches 185 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Arkansas have about 418 students on average; enrollment here is 56% lower.
LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 370 students across 2 schools.
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 92% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 5% multiracial. That is in line with Boone County, where about 94% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
There are 11.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 16.1:1. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is close to this figure. A total of 182 students, or 98%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 62% average for public schools in Boone County is 36 points.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools: 31.7% actual against 23.3% predicted.
For Boone County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $55,143, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. There are 18 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,818, LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Measured in a straight line, LEAD HILL HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. Its average proficiency rate of 31.7% is below the 43.5% average for nearby schools.
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 189 in 2020-21 and 185 in 2024-25.
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Boone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,138
Census ACS
Median income
$55,143
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
5,818 students
Quick facts
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- BERGMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL9.1 mi · 331
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.13.4 mi · 62
- BRUNO-PYATT ELEMENTARY15.9 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 185 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
What is the student diversity at LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 5% Two or more.
What district is LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEAD HILL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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