MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 419 E OLYMPIA STREET, in MANILA, Arkansas, MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary-level community that instructs 601 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under MANILA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 44% larger than typical.

Within MANILA SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 1,077 students, MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Mississippi County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Mississippi County's rate of about 84%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.1%, the actual is 34.7%, a residual of -5.5 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Mississippi County) shows that median household earnings sit near $52,548, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Mississippi County (combined enrollment of about 6,930 students).

MANILA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.9%.

MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MANILA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 29%, going from 466 students in 2018 to 601 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 97% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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