Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAINBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051026000750
MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
129 HWY. 71 SW, MOUNTAINBURG, AR 72946 · (479) 369-2762 · Crawford County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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.
- B+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
16.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
338 students
DISTRICT 99% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
25.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -6.1pp since 2023
Math
38.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +9.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.2% | 38.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 29.0% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 →
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MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 338 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
| FLIPPIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLIPPIN | 337 | 100.0% | 38.6% |
| MAYNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYNARD | 341 | 99.1% | 26.0% |
| AMANDA GIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COTTER | 374 | 100.0% | 47.0% |
| MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLORAL | 291 | 100.0% | 27.5% |
| IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIOLET HILL | 286 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
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 MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #297 of 461 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.4% | #232 of 465 ▲ 70 | #6 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #346 of 465 ▼ 76 | #9 of 10 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #356 of 531 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #233 of 480 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.1% | #427 of 480 | #10 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #61 of 513 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.1% | #21 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
338
+79 (+31%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 441
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 338 | 21 | 16.1:1 | 100% (338) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 20 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 18.9 | 14.3:1 | 100% (270) |
| 2020-21 | 259 | 19 | 13.6:1 | 100% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 268 | 24.1 | 11.1:1 | 62% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 277 | 21 | 13.2:1 | 78% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 21 | 14.0:1 | 82% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 61% (182) |
| 1990-91 | 441 | 27 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in MOUNTAINBURG, Arkansas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 338 students in pre-K through 5.
MOUNTAINBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT runs MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL along with 2 other schools, enrolling 655 students in total.
White students are the large majority at MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 93% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 2% Hispanic and 2% Native American. Census estimates put the White share of Crawford County's population at about 81%. By the diversity index, MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 14%.
Federal data list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers at MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 16.1:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas have a similar average ratio of 16.0:1. The lunch program counts 100% of students at MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 65% average for public schools in Crawford County.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. 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 22.7% at MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 30.1%.
Across Crawford County, median household income is about $64,132, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 23 public schools in Crawford County.
Of nearby public schools, MOUNTAINBURG HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 1.6 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
Federal counts put enrollment at 259 in 2020-21 and 338 in 2024-25, a 31% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.6:1 to 16.1:1.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,139
Census ACS
Median income
$64,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNTAINBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MOUNTAINBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 185 students
- MOUNTAINBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN ACADEMYMiddle · 132 students
Other schools in MOUNTAINBURG
- MOUNTAINBURG HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 185 students
- MOUNTAINBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN ACADEMYMiddle · 132 students
Nearby schools
- MOUNTAINBURG HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 185
- MOUNTAINBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN ACADEMY1.6 mi · 132
- MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL11.0 mi · 185
- ALMA PRIMARY SCHOOL11.4 mi · 704
- ALMA MIDDLE SCHOOL11.6 mi · 722
- ALMA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL11.8 mi · 685
Frequently asked questions
About MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-05.
Is MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.1:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MOUNTAINBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT in Crawford County.
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