Enrollment
383
Elementary
DISTRICT 348 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH PIKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051032000754
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
605 3RD AVENUE, MURFREESBORO, AR 71958 · (870) 285-2193 · Pike County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL383 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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
15.3:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
380 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 | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 8% larger than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MURFREESBORO HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SOUTH PIKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
42.0%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
Math
42.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 42.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 42.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 383 | 99.2% | 39.7% |
| JESSIEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JESSIEVILLE | 354 | 99.2% | 56.8% |
| HARRISBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISBURG | 428 | 99.3% | 32.9% |
| CROSS COUNTY ELEMENTARY TECH ACADEMY CHERRY VALLEY | 415 | 100.0% | 39.5% |
| AMANDA GIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COTTER | 374 | 100.0% | 47.0% |
| MOUNTAINBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOUNTAINBURG | 338 | 100.0% | 30.1% |
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 MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #185 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #190 of 465 ▼ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #151 of 465 ▲ 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 383 | #298 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #168 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #356 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.2% | #101 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.8% | #34 of 138 |
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
383
+58 (+18%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 320
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 383 | 25 | 15.3:1 | 99% (380) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 33.1 | 10.5:1 | 99% (345) |
| 2022-23 | 358 | 34 | 10.5:1 | 76% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 74% (241) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 28.1 | 11.3:1 | 45% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 26 | 11.6:1 | 76% (229) |
| 2010-11 | 278 | 25 | 11.1:1 | 68% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 24 | 11.7:1 | 50% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 320 | 19 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in MURFREESBORO, Arkansas, under SOUTH PIKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The latest federal count shows 383 students in pre-K through 6.
The 2 schools of SOUTH PIKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, including MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 696 students.
About 86% of the student body at MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Other reported shares: 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 2% Black. The White share in Pike County as a whole is similar, at about 87%. Pick two students at random and there is a 25% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 25 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 15.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1. Roughly 99% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 83% average for public schools in Pike County is 16 points lower.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, MURFREESBORO 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.
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16.8 points above expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the top 10% in Arkansas.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pike County, the median household income is $49,269, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 17% of residents are in poverty. MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is MURFREESBORO HIGH SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on proficiency.
Federal data place MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 383, an 18% rise from 325 in 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 12.5:1 to 15.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Pike County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,115
Census ACS
Median income
$49,269
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,093 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH PIKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MURFREESBORO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 313 students
Nearby schools
- MURFREESBORO HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 313
- NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.6 mi · 375
- NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL11.8 mi · 444
- NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL12.0 mi · 569
- NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL12.0 mi · 398
- KIRBY HIGH SCHOOL13.5 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 383 students in grades PK-06.
Is MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SOUTH PIKE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pike County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.