MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas, part of WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 402 students spanning grades K through 6.

MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 schools operated by WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 4,511 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (97%) are Black. The wider county runs roughly 51% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 100% of students at MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Crittenden County (around 90%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 12.7%, a residual of -9.6 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Crittenden County) shows that median household earnings sit near $55,358, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Crittenden County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,770 students), of which MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

WEAVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 15.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 402 in 2025.

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