MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized primary school in MELBOURNE, Arkansas, MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 458 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 2 schools in MELBOURNE SCHOOL DISTRICT (839 students total), MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at school resources, MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 52% of students at MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Izard County (around 76%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.8%; this one delivers 49.9%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Izard County put the typical household earns roughly $49,405 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Izard County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,883 students), of which MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MELBOURNE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MELBOURNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 34.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 457 students in 2018 compared to 458 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.