OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of reasonably sized scale in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, part of LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 372 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 40 schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT (22,320 students total), OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that Black students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 7% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 37%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 99% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Pulaski County (around 71%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.6%, the actual is 17.2%, a residual of -5.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Pulaski County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,873 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MABELVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 2.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 16.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OTTER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 18%, going from 452 students in 2018 to 372 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.