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Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900001383
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9401 MABELVALE CUT-OFF, MABELVALE, AR 72103 · (501) 447-5400 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
366 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 70%
Community
2
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
13.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
11.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.7% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 10.1% | 9.3% |
% 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
10.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% 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 MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (10.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 369 | 99.2% | 10.7% |
| OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 372 | 99.2% | 18.9% |
| WAKEFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 493 | 99.4% | 20.2% |
| GEYER SPRINGS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER LITTLE ROCK | 273 | 98.9% | N/A |
| AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 456 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
| BALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 330 | 99.1% | 8.2% |
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 MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #446 of 461 | #54 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #439 of 465 ▲ 6 | #50 of 63 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #441 of 465 ▲ 10 | #52 of 63 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #317 of 531 | #40 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #288 of 480 | #41 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #179 of 480 | #34 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #103 of 513 | #19 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.3% | #41 of 311 | #12 of 42 |
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
369
-90 (-20%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 99% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 487 | 26.5 | 18.4:1 | 87% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 91% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 28 | 16.4:1 | 100% (459) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 31.8 | 16.2:1 | 26% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 99% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 94% (375) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 81% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 31 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in MABELVALE, Arkansas. It reported 369 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
In LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, 40 schools enroll a combined 22,320 students.
At MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 60% of students are Black. The remaining students are 30% Hispanic and 9% White. Census figures show Pulaski County is about 37% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16.8:1, based on 22 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1. Lunch program data show 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Public schools in Pulaski County average 71%.
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (10.7%) and its predicted rate (23.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
American Community Survey estimates for Pulaski County show that median household income comes to about $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 133, with about 64,124 students.
About 0.8 miles separate MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 10.7% compares with 13.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2020-21, MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 459 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 369.
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Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in MABELVALE
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
- MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 477 students
Nearby schools
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,045
- MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 477
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 897
- ARKANSAS MILITARY AND FIRST RESPONDERS ACADEMY (AMFRA)1.2 mi · 176
- WATSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 383
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMY2.4 mi · 1,252
Frequently asked questions
About MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 369 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 9% White, 30% Hispanic, 60% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MABELVALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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