MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of compact scale in MOUNTAINBURG, Arkansas, run under MOUNTAINBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 338 students in grades pre-K through 5.

MOUNTAINBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 655 students. MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest reads as 2% Hispanic, 2% Native American. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Crawford County (around 65%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Crawford County put median household income runs about $64,132, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Crawford County (combined enrollment of about 10,496 students).

MOUNTAINBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL BRAIN ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 31.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 26% since 2018, when it stood at 268 (now 338). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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