Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAGAZINE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050915000649
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
351 E PRIDDY ST, MAGAZINE, AR 72943 · (866) 900-2001 · Logan County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
13.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
226 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 75 | 25% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 20% larger than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MAGAZINE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MAGAZINE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
42.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.4pp since 2023
Math
30.2%
AR avg 38.9% . -10.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.4% | 30.2% |
| 2023-24 | 47.8% | 40.8% |
% 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
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 295 | 76.6% | 43.8% |
| ACORN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MENA | 321 | 79.1% | 45.1% |
| OMAHA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OMAHA | 247 | 78.1% | 34.0% |
| PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORNING | 361 | 78.7% | 32.7% |
| ATKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATKINS | 370 | 74.6% | 28.2% |
| MANSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANSFIELD | 278 | 71.6% | 29.2% |
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 MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #137 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.2% | #303 of 465 ▼ 122 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.4% | #144 of 465 ▼ 57 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #395 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #50 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.3% | #466 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #228 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #137 of 311 |
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
295
-24 (-8%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 295 | 21.7 | 13.6:1 | 77% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 21.7 | 13.4:1 | 76% (221) |
| 2022-23 | 284 | 22.6 | 12.5:1 | 75% (213) |
| 2020-21 | 319 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 77% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 22.7 | 15.5:1 | 38% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 352 | 26 | 13.5:1 | 81% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 76% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 298 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 63% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 16 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment elementary school in MAGAZINE, Arkansas. The school enrolls 295 students, from pre-K through 6. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418, so this school runs 29% smaller than that.
MAGAZINE SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 1 other school, with 524 students in total.
The large majority of students at MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 96%, are White. By the diversity index, MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 7%.
The school employs the equivalent of 21.7 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 13.6:1. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 77%. For comparison, public schools in Logan County average 90%.
The allk12 Grade for MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 76% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 43.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 31.4%.
Within Logan County, median household income is about $58,555, about 17% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 11 public schools in Logan County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,557.
MAGAZINE HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 4 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools average 34.1% on proficiency, and MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 43.8%.
NCES describes the area around MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 319 students to 295.
Discussions about MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Logan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,277
Census ACS
Median income
$58,555
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- MAGAZINE HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 229
- BOONEVILLE HIGH SCHOOL6.1 mi · 265
- BOONEVILLE JR HIGH SCHOOL6.2 mi · 299
- BOONEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 791
- PARIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.0 mi · 416
- PARIS MIDDLE SCHOOL11.1 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-06.
Is MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MAGAZINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MAGAZINE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Logan County.
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