MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a close-knit elementary-level community in MOUNTAIN PINE, Arkansas, MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 320 students from grades pre-K through 6, operated by MOUNTAIN PINE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Within MOUNTAIN PINE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 605 students, MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder consists of 15% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Garland County runs at roughly 72%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 21.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Garland County indicate median household income runs about $57,181, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Garland County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,391 students), MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MOUNTAIN PINE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 28.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOUNTAIN PINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 4%, going from 309 students in 2018 to 320 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 82% to 77% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

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