Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 147 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MULBERRY PLEASANT VIEW BI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051029000752
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL
1319 N. MAIN ST., MULBERRY, AR 72947 · (479) 997-1495 · Crawford County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 48% 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.
- B+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
11.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
185 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 40 | 22% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 10% larger than its 4th grade class (30).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 MULBERRY PLEASANT VIEW BI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
32.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.2% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.8% | 31.8% |
% 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
31.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (31.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 185 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| LEAD HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEAD HILL | 185 | 98.4% | 31.7% |
| CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CALICO ROCK | 171 | 98.2% | 36.8% |
| WESTERN GROVE ELEMENTARY WESTERN GROVE | 153 | 98.0% | 17.4% |
| BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 221 | 100.0% | 33.1% |
| HECTOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HECTOR | 245 | 100.0% | 27.6% |
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 MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #283 of 461 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #350 of 465 ▼ 85 | #9 of 10 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #271 of 465 ▲ 75 | #7 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #491 of 531 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #62 of 513 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #171 of 311 | #2 of 6 |
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
185
-4 (-2%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 247
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 185 | 16.4 | 11.3:1 | 100% (185) |
| 2023-24 | 145 | 15.1 | 9.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 185 | 15.5 | 12.0:1 | 100% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 189 | 17 | 11.1:1 | 100% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 210 | 16.6 | 12.6:1 | 56% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 181 | 13 | 13.9:1 | 100% (181) |
| 2010-11 | 150 | 13 | 11.5:1 | 85% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 223 | 15 | 14.9:1 | 61% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 247 | 14 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL sits in MULBERRY, Arkansas, and is classified as an elementary school. It reported 185 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 418 students for elementary schools in Arkansas.
MULBERRY PLEASANT VIEW BI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 442 students in 3 schools, and MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
At MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL, 88% of students are White. Smaller groups are 7% multiracial and 5% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL scores 23%.
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1, with 16.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1. The school has 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Crawford County report 65%.
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 48% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL is 8.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 31.0% actual, 22.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
The county, Crawford County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $64,132, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 23 public schools and about 10,496 students.
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is MULBERRY HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL, there are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 30.7% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 185, starting from 189.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,139
Census ACS
Median income
$64,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MULBERRY PLEASANT VIEW BI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MULBERRY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 130 students
- PLEASANT VIEW CAMPUS SCHOOLMiddle · 127 students
Nearby schools
- MULBERRY HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 130
- PLEASANT VIEW CAMPUS SCHOOL4.9 mi · 127
- ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 704
- ALMA MIDDLE SCHOOL9.3 mi · 722
- ALMA HIGH SCHOOL9.8 mi · 981
- MOUNTAINBURG HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL?
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 185 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL serve?
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL are roughly 88% White, 5% Hispanic, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL?
MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL is overseen by MULBERRY PLEASANT VIEW BI COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Crawford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.