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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 445 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050041901256
MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1401 MURRELL TAYLOR DRIVE, JACKSONVILLE, AR 72076 · (501) 985-1581 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
269 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Based on grade levels within JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
35.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +15.3pp since 2023
Math
22.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.9% | 22.9% |
| 2023-24 | 20.6% | 12.9% |
% 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 →
Schools most like MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 428 | 62.9% | 23.5% |
| CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARY NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 499 | 59.9% | 27.8% |
| ACADEMIES OF MATH AND SCIENCE SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 486 | 70.2% | 16.9% |
| PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAUMELLE | 371 | 54.7% | 29.8% |
| GIBBS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 291 | 57.7% | 43.8% |
| WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHERWOOD | 586 | 72.9% | 22.7% |
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 MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #359 of 461 | #28 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #370 of 465 ▲ 58 | #30 of 63 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.9% | #228 of 465 ▲ 166 | #17 of 63 ▲ 23 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #238 of 531 | #25 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #151 of 480 | #25 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.4% | #198 of 480 | #36 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #343 of 513 | #48 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.3% | #109 of 311 | #23 of 42 |
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
428
+37 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 428 | 28.2 | 15.2:1 | 63% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 26.7 | 15.5:1 | 100% (412) |
| 2022-23 | 350 | 25.4 | 13.8:1 | 100% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 30 | 13.0:1 | 98% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 27.4 | 19.1:1 | 57% (297) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school based in JACKSONVILLE, Arkansas. The school enrolls 428 students in kindergarten through 5.
In JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 schools enroll a combined 4,360 students.
The largest group at MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Black students, at 65%. Smaller groups are 17% White, 10% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 37% of Pulaski County residents are Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
A staff of 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.2:1. The gap from the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 0.8 students per teacher. By family income, 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
After adjusting for student poverty, MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 23.5%; the prediction is 36.5%.
Pulaski County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 133 public schools in the county, enrolling about 64,124, MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest public school to MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment rose by 37 students, from 391 to 428. Students per teacher increased from 13.0 in 2020-21 to 15.2 in 2024-25.
The discussion board for MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,208 students
- JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 926 students
- JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- BAYOU METO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
- ADKINS PRESCHOOL CENTERElementary · 228 students
Other schools in JACKSONVILLE
- JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,208 students
- JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 926 students
- JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 733 students
- BOBBY G LESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- BAYOU METO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 416 students
- ADKINS PRESCHOOL CENTERElementary · 228 students
Nearby schools
- JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 60
- JACKSONVILLE LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 210
- JACKSONVILLE HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,208
- JACKSONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 926
- JACKSONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 733
- ADKINS PRESCHOOL CENTER3.0 mi · 228
Frequently asked questions
About MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 10% Hispanic, 65% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MURRELL TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by JACKSONVILLE NORTH PULASKI SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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