LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in MENA, Arkansas, LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, operated by MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 357 students across grades K through 2.

MENA SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,703 students. LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (83%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Polk County put median household income runs about $49,191, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,063 students), of which LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MENA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. LOUISE DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 357). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 90% to 83%.

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