MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in MARMADUKE, Arkansas, MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary school, run under MARMADUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 370 students across grades pre-K through 6.

MARMADUKE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 648 students; MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Greene County's rate of about 73%.

With demographic context factored in, MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.8%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of +10.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Greene County put the typical household earns roughly $57,839 per year, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Greene County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,364 students), MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MARMADUKE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 28.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 17%: 446 students in 2018 compared to 370 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 today.

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