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Enrollment
781
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050924001366
MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1807 W MOLINE ST, MALVERN, AR 72104 · (501) 467-3166 · Hot Spring County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL781 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
16.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
598 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 82 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 137 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 147 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (137) is 11% smaller than its 4th grade class (154).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Based on grade levels within MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
27.7%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
Math
26.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +16.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.7% | 26.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.8% | 10.3% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% 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 MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (24.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 781 | 76.6% | 24.1% |
| GOSNELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GOSNELL | 648 | 79.6% | 45.5% |
| ASHDOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ASHDOWN | 621 | 72.6% | 31.4% |
| PEAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ARKADELPHIA | 783 | 68.1% | 30.1% |
| CROSSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CROSSETT | 699 | 68.4% | 23.8% |
| WYNNE PRIMARY SCHOOL WYNNE | 588 | 69.6% | N/A |
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 MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #353 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.6% | #332 of 465 ▲ 105 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.7% | #320 of 465 ▲ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 781 | #16 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #290 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #45 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #229 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #169 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
781
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
+116% since 1990-91, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 781 | 46.5 | 16.8:1 | 77% (598) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 46.5 | 14.6:1 | 88% (598) |
| 2022-23 | 701 | 44.6 | 15.7:1 | 77% (538) |
| 2020-21 | 751 | 46 | 16.3:1 | 76% (568) |
| 2017-18 | 890 | 52.6 | 16.9:1 | 37% (329) |
| 2015-16 | 905 | 57 | 15.9:1 | 81% (730) |
| 2010-11 | 946 | 54 | 17.5:1 | 79% (744) |
| 2000-01 | 352 | 22 | 16.0:1 | 60% (212) |
| 1990-91 | 361 | 19 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MALVERN, Arkansas, is home to MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a high-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 781 students in pre-K through 4. Against the 418-student average for elementary schools in Arkansas, enrollment here is 87% higher.
MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 4 schools serve 1,876 students.
Roughly 50% of students at MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 23% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 13% multiracial. By comparison, Hot Spring County residents are about 82% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school reports 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 16.8 students per teacher. That is 0.9 students per teacher above the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 77% of students. The gap from the 64% average for public schools in Hot Spring County is 13 points.
The allk12 Grade for MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C-. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 31.4% for MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 24.1%, 7.3 points below the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hot Spring County show that the median household income is $55,405, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Besides MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Hot Spring County has 14 other public schools.
The school nearest to MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.0 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 30 more students in 2024-25.
The MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hot Spring County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,180
Census ACS
Median income
$55,405
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,410 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MALVERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 559 students
- WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 272 students
- MALVERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 264 students
Other schools in MALVERN
- MALVERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 559 students
- GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 507 students
- GLEN ROSE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 468 students
- MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 368 students
- GLEN ROSE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 327 students
- MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 307 students
Other Malvern Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Malvern Elementary. MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Malvern Elementary SchoolMalvern, OH · 259 students
Nearby schools
- WILSON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 272
- MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 559
- MALVERN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 264
- MAGNET COVE HIGH SCHOOL4.9 mi · 307
- MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.1 mi · 368
- GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 507
Frequently asked questions
About MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 781 students in grades PK-04.
Is MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the student diversity at MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 50% White, 13% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MALVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MALVERN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.