Enrollment
254
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900000622
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1200 RESERVOIR ROAD, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72207 · (501) 447-5500 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL254 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
251 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
23.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
15.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.1% | 15.9% |
| 2023-24 | 22.2% | 15.5% |
% 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
18.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (18.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 254 | 98.8% | 18.5% |
| C.B. PARTEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRINKLEY | 262 | 100.0% | 18.6% |
| ROMINE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER LITTLE ROCK | 242 | 98.8% | N/A |
| TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 328 | 99.1% | 19.4% |
| LAKESIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE VILLAGE | 292 | 100.0% | 19.6% |
| CARVER STEAM MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 232 | 98.7% | 18.0% |
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 MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.5% | #398 of 461 | #41 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.9% | #421 of 465 ▼ 11 | #44 of 63 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #363 of 465 ▲ 14 | #32 of 63 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 254 | #439 of 531 | #58 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #79 of 480 | #10 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.0% | #253 of 480 | #47 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.8% | #124 of 513 | #26 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -37.3% | #15 of 311 | #5 of 42 |
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
254
-56 (-18%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 254 | 18 | 14.1:1 | 99% (251) |
| 2023-24 | 262 | 19.7 | 13.3:1 | 92% (240) |
| 2022-23 | 296 | 18 | 16.4:1 | 92% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 310 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 100% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 24.2 | 16.7:1 | 36% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 28 | 13.5:1 | 99% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 24 | 17.2:1 | 84% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 366 | 18 | 20.3:1 | 41% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 28 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a small elementary school in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. In all, 254 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 39% below the 418-student average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
Federal data list 40 schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 22,320 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black: 73%. Next come 13% White, 8% Hispanic, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 37% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 44%.
Classroom staffing at MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas, 16.0:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 99%. The average for public schools in Pulaski County is 71%.
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 17% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 23.1% at MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Pulaski County show that median household income comes to about $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. The county's public schools total 133, with about 64,124 students.
About 1.0 miles separate MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
In 2020-21, MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 310 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 254.
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Other Mcdermott Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Mcdermott Elementary. MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- McDermott Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 775 students
Nearby schools
- LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 430
- LISA ACADEMY ARKANSAS HYBRID SCHOOL1.0 mi · 236
- BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 309
- TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 328
- WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 340
- FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 254 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 13% White, 8% Hispanic, 73% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pulaski County.
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