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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050972000710
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
200 BEARKAT DRIVE, MELBOURNE, AR 72556 · (870) 368-4365 · Izard County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
237 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 77 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 71 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 31% smaller than its 6th grade class (71).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
46.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
69.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +16.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 16 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.5% | 69.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.5% | 52.8% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 458 | 51.7% | 53.5% |
| CHARLESTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHARLESTON | 502 | 51.2% | 40.4% |
| QUITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL QUITMAN | 432 | 52.5% | 44.1% |
| GREENE CTY TECH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 501 | 53.9% | 39.9% |
| GREENE CTY TECH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 501 | 53.5% | 40.4% |
| GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MALVERN | 507 | 55.2% | 36.9% |
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 MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #58 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.1% | #19 of 465 ▲ 66 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #111 of 465 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #205 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #23 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #456 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.7% | #410 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.2% | #138 of 138 |
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
458
-38 (-8%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 253
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 458 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 52% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 398 | 40 | 9.9:1 | 63% (250) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 41.7 | 11.5:1 | 44% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 65% (320) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 30.8 | 14.8:1 | 35% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 351 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 66% (233) |
| 2010-11 | 362 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 68% (245) |
| 2000-01 | 304 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 46% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 253 | 17 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school for students in MELBOURNE, Arkansas. A federal count lists 458 students at the school, in pre-K through 6.
MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 839 students.
About 95% of the student body at MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Pick two students at random and there is a 9% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal data list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers at MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 12.7:1. That is lower than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The lunch program counts 52% of students at MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Izard County average 76%.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (53.5%) and its predicted rate (40.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools.
Census estimates describe Izard County this way: the median household income is $49,405, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. In all, Izard County has 8 public schools and roughly 1,883 students.
MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. The ten-mile area around MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 4 other public schools. Nearby schools average 35.5% on proficiency, and MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 53.5%.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school enrolled 458 students in 2024-25, 38 fewer than the 496 it had in 2020-21. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.6:1 to 12.7:1.
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Izard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,009
Census ACS
Median income
$49,405
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
1,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MELBOURNE
- MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 381 students
- OZARKA COLLEGE TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 381
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.1 mi · 286
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL7.8 mi · 218
- IZARD COUNTY CONS MIDDLE SCHOOL7.8 mi · 193
- CALICO ROCK HIGH SCHOOL16.7 mi · 176
- CALICO ROCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.2 mi · 171
Frequently asked questions
About MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-06.
Is MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.7:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Izard County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.