MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized primary school in PINE BLUFF, Arkansas, one of the schools within PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 367 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 7 schools in PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,896 students total), MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (92%); the rest comes out to 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Jefferson County's rate of about 77%.

After controlling for student poverty, MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 8.5%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that median household earnings sit near $51,096, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Jefferson County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,520 students), of which MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 21.7%.

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