Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 335 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050906000641
LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
900 W. PALM ST., LONOKE, AR 72086 · (501) 676-6740 · Lonoke County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
191 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 101 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 36% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
Math
42.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 35 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 are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.6% | 42.1% |
| 2023-24 | 29.9% | 35.0% |
% 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
34.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 311 | 61.4% | 34.7% |
| ALLBRITTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 293 | 64.2% | 29.2% |
| LONOKE PRIMARY SCHOOL LONOKE | 359 | 64.9% | N/A |
| CATO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHERWOOD | 305 | 60.7% | 33.2% |
| MONTICELLO INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 361 | 66.5% | 37.7% |
| CARLISLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CARLISLE | 380 | 62.1% | 29.0% |
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 LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Lonoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #247 of 461 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #193 of 465 ▲ 46 | #9 of 12 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #241 of 465 ▲ 45 | #10 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #379 of 531 | #13 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #401 of 480 | #13 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #189 of 480 | #3 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.4% | #355 of 513 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #91 of 311 | #2 of 10 |
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
311
-40 (-11%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 311 | 16.9 | 18.4:1 | 61% (191) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 18.1 | 19.3:1 | 64% (223) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 18.3 | 19.1:1 | 63% (221) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 24 | 14.6:1 | 71% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 28.4 | 13.7:1 | 31% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 29 | 13.6:1 | 73% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 417 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 60% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 45% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 20 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT in LONOKE, Arkansas. It serves 311 students in grades 3 through 5. The average among elementary schools in Arkansas is roughly 418 students; this school is 26% smaller than that.
LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 4 schools; together they serve 1,524 students.
At 63%, White students outnumber all other groups at LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. The school is also 22% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 85%. The chance that two students picked at random at LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
With 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 18.4:1. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 61%. For comparison, public schools in Lonoke County average 52%.
LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.7%, compared with a predicted 37.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Lonoke County residents, median household income is about $72,828, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Lonoke County, which together enroll about 13,478 students.
The next-closest public school is LONOKE PRIMARY SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 34.7% against a local average of 29.6%.
In the federal locale system, LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 351 to 311. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.4:1.
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Lonoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,272
Census ACS
Median income
$72,828
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
13,478 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LONOKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 484 students
- LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 370 students
- LONOKE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 359 students
Other schools in LONOKE
- LONOKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 484 students
- LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 370 students
- LONOKE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 359 students
Nearby schools
- LONOKE PRIMARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 359
- LONOKE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 370
- LONOKE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 484
- CARLISLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.7 mi · 380
- CARLISLE HIGH SCHOOL10.1 mi · 280
- MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.4 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 311 students in grades 03-05.
Is LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 63% White, 10% Hispanic, 22% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LONOKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LONOKE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lonoke County.
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