NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit middle school in NASHVILLE, Arkansas, run under NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 375 students in grades 4 through 6.

NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,786 students; NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 25% Hispanic, 23% Black. By comparison, Howard County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.6%; NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 38.9%, +16.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Howard County shows the typical household earns roughly $45,603 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 22%. NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 2,825 students).

NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 507 (now 375). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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