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If you could change one rule at MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 343 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051414001153
MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
700 MOODY SCHOOL DRIVE, WHITE HALL, AR 71602 · (870) 247-4363 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
224 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Based on grade levels within WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
29.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -11.4pp since 2023
Math
36.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -4.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.6% | 36.3% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 40.4% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 408 | 54.9% | 37.7% |
| BAYOU METO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 416 | 48.6% | 28.7% |
| HARMONY GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMDEN | 425 | 55.3% | 42.2% |
| GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITE HALL | 366 | 65.0% | 35.4% |
| CAROLYN LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 514 | 54.5% | 51.2% |
| NORTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CABOT | 370 | 60.3% | 34.0% |
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 MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #212 of 461 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.3% | #256 of 465 ▼ 69 | #5 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #296 of 465 ▼ 138 | #5 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #269 of 531 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #326 of 480 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #192 of 480 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #394 of 513 | #12 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #89 of 138 | N/A |
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
408
+73 (+22%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 437
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 408 | 23.6 | 17.3:1 | 55% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 24.6 | 16.5:1 | 51% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 369 | 24.8 | 14.9:1 | 51% (187) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 48% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 27.7 | 13.9:1 | 20% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 365 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 45% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 435 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 40% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 26% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 437 | 26 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in WHITE HALL, Arkansas. The school reports 408 students in kindergarten through 5.
WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 6 schools and 3,046 students, MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
White students make up a majority at MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 63%. The remaining shares are 23% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Jefferson County's population at about 37%. MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 23.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.3:1. That is 1.4 students per teacher above the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 55%. The 77% average for public schools in Jefferson County is 22 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 43% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 39.4%.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $51,096, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Jefferson County is home to 28 public schools and about 8,520 public school students.
The nearest other public school, WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Distant.
Enrollment is up 22% from 2020-21, when MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 335 students, to 2024-25, when it had 408. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 14.0:1 to 17.3:1.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,802
Census ACS
Median income
$51,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 954 students
- WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
- HARDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
Other schools in WHITE HALL
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 954 students
- WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 721 students
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 373 students
- GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
Other Moody Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Moody Elementary. MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Moody Elementary SchoolMoody, AL · 839 students
- Moody Elementary SchoolMOODY, TX · 284 students
- Moody ElementaryLowell, MA · 248 students
Nearby schools
- WHITE HALL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 954
- WHITE HALL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 721
- TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 373
- GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 366
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 367
- PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 408 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 63% White, 4% Hispanic, 23% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WHITE HALL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.