Enrollment
204
Elementary
DISTRICT 201 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050978000716
MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
130 WEST MCCRARY ST, MINERAL SPRINGS, AR 71851 · (870) 287-4746 · Howard County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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.
- 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
10.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
178 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 38 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 46% larger than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
19.8%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
28.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 are up about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.8% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 17.0% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 204 | 87.3% | 21.4% |
| LAFAYETTE COUNTY ELEMENTARY LEWISVILLE | 244 | 88.5% | 11.5% |
| JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 210 | 84.3% | 22.9% |
| CLARENDON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLARENDON | 240 | 100.0% | 14.3% |
| PIKE VIEW EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 237 | 98.7% | N/A |
| COLLEGE HILL PRE-K CENTER TEXARKANA | 170 | 98.2% | N/A |
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 MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #377 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #318 of 465 ▲ 84 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #391 of 465 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #477 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #2 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #110 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.3% | #171 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #152 of 311 |
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
204
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 204 | 20.4 | 10.0:1 | 87% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 21.7 | 9.2:1 | 100% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 204 | 21.8 | 9.4:1 | 100% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 21 | 9.6:1 | 100% (202) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 23 | 10.4:1 | 47% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 22 | 10.3:1 | 100% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 210 | 17 | 12.3:1 | 90% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 20 | 14.6:1 | 65% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 16 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in MINERAL SPRINGS, Arkansas. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 204 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418, so this school runs 51% smaller than that.
MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 2 schools with 401 students.
Black students make up a majority at MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 57%. Next come 20% White, 14% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 21% Black among all Howard County residents. MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 20.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.0:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. The school counts 178 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 87%.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 27.4% at MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 21.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Howard County, the median household income is $45,603, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 22%. There are 9 public schools in Howard County, enrolling about 2,825 students in all.
The nearest other public school, MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 5 more public schools inside ten miles. On state test proficiency, MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 204, close to the 202 recorded in 2020-21.
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Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,583
Census ACS
Median income
$45,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 197 students
Other schools in MINERAL SPRINGS
- MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 197 students
Other Mineral Springs Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Mineral Springs Elementary. MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Mineral Springs ElementaryWinston Salem, NC · 545 students
- Mineral Springs ElementaryEllerbe, NC · 441 students
Nearby schools
- MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 197
- NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.5 mi · 398
- NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 569
- NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL6.7 mi · 444
- NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 375
- JOANN WALTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL17.7 mi · 288
Frequently asked questions
About MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 204 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.0:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 20% White, 14% Hispanic, 57% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MINERAL SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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