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Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050804000525
MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2100 E BARTON, WEST MEMPHIS, AR 72301 · (870) 735-4242 · Crittenden County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 5% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
15.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
402 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
11.2%
AR avg 38.9% . -4.8pp 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 11 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 down about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 13.7% | 11.2% |
| 2023-24 | 13.5% | 16.0% |
% 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
12.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% 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 MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (12.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 402 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
| STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORREST CITY | 400 | 100.0% | 20.1% |
| DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR LEADERSHIP & LANGUAGE MAGNET ACAD LITTLE ROCK | 414 | 99.3% | 11.3% |
| THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 399 | 100.0% | 10.0% |
| MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 367 | 100.0% | 11.4% |
| KIPP DELTA ELEMENTARY LITERACY ACADEMY WEST HELENA | 463 | 100.0% | 17.4% |
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 MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crittenden County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.1% | #438 of 461 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.2% | #447 of 465 ▼ 37 | #8 of 10 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 13.7% | #440 of 465 ▼ 7 | #6 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #276 of 531 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #185 of 480 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.3% | #472 of 480 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #48 of 513 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.7% | #158 of 311 | #6 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
402
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 402 | 26 | 15.5:1 | 100% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 100% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 29 | 15.3:1 | 100% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 33 | 13.3:1 | 100% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 25% (116) |
| 2015-16 | 500 | 32 | 15.6:1 | 100% (500) |
| 2010-11 | 513 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 99% (510) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 88% (413) |
| 1990-91 | 442 | 25 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in WEST MEMPHIS, Arkansas. The school teaches kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 402 students.
Besides MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 4,511 students.
The share of Black students at MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 97%. The school's Black share is 46 points above the 51% share among Crittenden County residents. The diversity index for MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
With 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.5:1. That is in line with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Roughly 100% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Crittenden County average 90%.
On the allk12 Grade, MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 5% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 22.7% for MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 12.1%, 10.6 points below the prediction.
American Community Survey estimates for Crittenden County show that median household income comes to about $55,358, roughly 17% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Crittenden County counts 19 public schools with about 8,770 students.
MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from WEAVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 402 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 439. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.3:1 to 15.5:1 over the same years.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Crittenden County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,266
Census ACS
Median income
$55,358
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
8,770 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- THE ACADEMIES OF WEST MEMPHIS CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 897 students
- JACKSON WONDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 554 students
- FAULK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 511 students
- BRAGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
- RICHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 462 students
Other schools in WEST MEMPHIS
- THE ACADEMIES OF WEST MEMPHIS CHARTER SCHOOLHigh · 897 students
- MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 762 students
- JACKSON WONDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 554 students
- FAULK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 523 students
- WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 511 students
- BRAGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 473 students
Other Maddux Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Maddux Elementary. MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Maddux Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 541 students
Nearby schools
- WEAVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 228
- JACKSON WONDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 554
- WONDER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 511
- BRAGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 473
- WEST JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 461
- THE ACADEMIES OF WEST MEMPHIS CHARTER SCHOOL2.3 mi · 897
Frequently asked questions
About MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 402 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.5:1 students per teacher at MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 0% Hispanic, 97% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WEST MEMPHIS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Crittenden County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.