OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a minimally staffed primary school in OARK, Arkansas, overseen by JASPER SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 107 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 74% smaller than that benchmark.

JASPER SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 884 students; OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (98%) are White. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 97% of students at OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Johnson County (around 86%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.3%, the actual is 25.8%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household income runs about $45,995, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 13 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 4,527 students).

The closest other public school is OARK HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 35%: 79 students in 2018 compared to 107 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 8.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.