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Enrollment
569
Elementary
DISTRICT 447 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051038001193
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
1201 NORTH EIGHTH ST., NASHVILLE, AR 71852 · (870) 845-3510 · Howard County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL569 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
15.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
566 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 136 | 24% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 153 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 154 | 27% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL→NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
37.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +8.3pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.8% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 40.4% |
% 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
36.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.9%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% 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 →
Schools most like NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 569 | 99.5% | 36.4% |
| OAKLAWN STEM MAGNET SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 452 | 100.0% | 23.6% |
| INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAGNET JONESBORO | 636 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
| STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STAR CITY | 679 | 99.9% | 27.6% |
| RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILSON | 675 | 100.0% | 35.2% |
| PARK MAGNET AN IB PYP WORLD CLASS SCHOOL HOT SPRINGS | 411 | 100.0% | 43.2% |
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 NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.4% | #224 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #157 of 465 ▲ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #213 of 465 ▲ 77 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 569 | #95 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #206 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.5% | #93 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #91 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #273 of 311 |
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
569
+32 (+6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 718
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 569 | 36 | 15.8:1 | 99% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 37.5 | 15.4:1 | 99% (574) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 44 | 13.7:1 | 73% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 42 | 12.8:1 | 76% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 595 | 43.4 | 13.7:1 | 37% (220) |
| 2015-16 | 631 | 47 | 13.4:1 | 78% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 792 | 45 | 17.6:1 | 77% (609) |
| 2000-01 | 543 | 38 | 14.3:1 | 58% (317) |
| 1990-91 | 718 | 40 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL serves students in NASHVILLE, Arkansas, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 569 students are in kindergarten through 3. Enrollment is 36% higher than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas, which is about 418.
NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL. It has 4 schools and 1,786 students.
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 52% White. Next come 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, and 2% multiracial. That compares with about 65% White among all Howard County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 62%.
The teaching staff at NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.8:1. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is about 16.0:1. About 99% of students, or 566, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is 13.5 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (36.4% versus 22.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Arkansas.
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is located in Howard County, where median household income is about $45,603, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 22% of residents are in poverty. NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Howard County, which together enroll about 2,825 students.
The closest other public school is NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 30.2% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is Rural: Remote.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 569 was 6% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 537. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 15.8:1, from 12.8:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Howard County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,583
Census ACS
Median income
$45,603
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
22%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 444 students
- NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 398 students
- NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 375 students
Other schools in NASHVILLE
- NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 444 students
- NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 398 students
- NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 375 students
Nearby schools
- NASHVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 398
- NASHVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 444
- NASHVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 375
- MINERAL SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 204
- MINERAL SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL6.6 mi · 197
- MURFREESBORO HIGH SCHOOL12.0 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL?
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 569 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL serve?
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL are roughly 52% White, 25% Hispanic, 20% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL in?
NASHVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL is part of NASHVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.