MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in MORRILTON, Arkansas, operated by SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 432 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 1.

Within SOUTH CONWAY COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,332 students, MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 17% multiracial, 16% Black, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 82% of students at MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Conway County's rate of about 64%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Conway County indicate the typical household earns roughly $54,187 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Conway County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,313 students), of which MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL is one.

MORRILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 433 students in 2018 to 432 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 62% to 54% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 22.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for MORRILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.