Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 269 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050942000689
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
703 NORMANDY, MARKED TREE, AR 72365 · (870) 358-2214 · Poinsett County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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.
- 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
16.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
228 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 53 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 35 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (35).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
15.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -7.1pp since 2023
Math
25.6%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 25.6% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 28.4% |
% 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 309 | 73.8% | 23.5% |
| ENGLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENGLAND | 350 | 72.9% | 26.4% |
| FORDYCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS FORDYCE | 338 | 78.1% | 27.5% |
| MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 408 | 69.9% | N/A |
| JUNCTION CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUNCTION CITY | 356 | 68.5% | 27.9% |
| IDA BURNS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 384 | 70.3% | 40.0% |
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 MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Poinsett County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #360 of 461 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #341 of 465 ▼ 34 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #431 of 465 ▼ 53 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #383 of 531 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #274 of 480 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.5% | #106 of 480 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.8% | #253 of 513 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.2% | #46 of 138 | N/A |
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
309
+31 (+11%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 309 | 18.6 | 16.6:1 | 74% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 298 | 19.7 | 15.1:1 | 99% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 22.6 | 13.1:1 | 74% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 278 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 86% (239) |
| 2017-18 | 266 | 19.1 | 13.9:1 | 36% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 19 | 17.0:1 | 83% (267) |
| 2010-11 | 317 | 23 | 13.8:1 | 77% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 387 | 31 | 12.5:1 | 70% (270) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 33 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in MARKED TREE, Arkansas. The school enrolls 309 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students, which makes this school 26% below average.
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by MARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 2 schools enroll 537 students.
The largest group at MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 48%. After that, the student body is 38% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Census figures show Poinsett County is about 85% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 61%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 16.6:1. The school has 18.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is close to this figure. In all, 74% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 91% average for public schools in Poinsett County is 17 points.
On the allk12 Grade, MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 17% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 32.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.5%.
Census data for Poinsett County show median household income comes to about $46,707, about 11% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county has 13 public schools and about 3,732 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
From 278 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 309 by 2024-25.
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Poinsett County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,543
Census ACS
Median income
$46,707
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,732 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 228 students
Nearby schools
- MARKED TREE HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 228
- TYRONZA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 158
- LEPANTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.3 mi · 175
- EAST POINSETT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL7.3 mi · 266
- TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL11.8 mi · 418
- TRUMANN PREK AND PARENT CENTER12.0 mi · 97
Frequently asked questions
About MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 309 students in grades PK-06.
Is MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 48% White, 5% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MARKED TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MARKED TREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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