MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1018B HWY 49, in MARVELL, Arkansas, MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a rural-scale K-5 school that educates 121 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by MARVELL ELAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 71% leaner than the state mean of about 418.

MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by MARVELL ELAINE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that serves 220 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 97% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest comes out to 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 61% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 22.3%; MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 3.7%, -18.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Phillips County) records that the typical household earns roughly $40,134 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 25%. Across Phillips County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,669 students), MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MARVELL-ELAINE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 13.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. MARVELL-ELAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 42% since 2018, when it stood at 207 (now 121). The Black share of enrollment increased from 84% to 97% over that span.

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