Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OUACHITA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051098000827
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
332 SCHOOHOUSE ROAD, DONALDSON, AR 71941 · (501) 384-2341 · Hot Spring County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- A-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
17.3:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
162 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 32 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→OUACHITA HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within OUACHITA SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
50.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.3% | 43.3% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 280 | 57.9% | 49.5% |
| NORFORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORFORK | 273 | 60.8% | 48.3% |
| BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAY | 317 | 60.6% | 35.9% |
| RIVERSIDE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE CITY | 300 | 55.0% | 42.9% |
| POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POYEN | 293 | 52.2% | 57.1% |
| VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VALLEY SPRINGS | 315 | 63.5% | 51.1% |
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 OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #85 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #126 of 465 ▲ 29 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #80 of 465 ▼ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #418 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #323 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.6% | #464 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.9% | #376 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #236 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
280
+39 (+16%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 209
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 280 | 16.2 | 17.3:1 | 58% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 16.2 | 16.9:1 | 55% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 17.3 | 16.1:1 | 53% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 48% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 304 | 18 | 16.9:1 | 35% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 19 | 16.3:1 | 53% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 332 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 47% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 209 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 27% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 209 | 13 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school in DONALDSON, Arkansas. Its enrollment is 280 students, spread over kindergarten through 6. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll around 418, and this school is 33% below that mark.
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under OUACHITA SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 2 schools enrolling 523 students.
White students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 17.3 students per teacher, from 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Arkansas is 16.0:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 58% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 81% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.5%; the prediction is 38.3%.
Looking at the county, Hot Spring County, median household income comes to about $55,405, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 15, with about 5,410 students.
OUACHITA HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. On state test proficiency, OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 280, from 241 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 13.4:1 to 17.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, such as fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hot Spring County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
33,180
Census ACS
Median income
$55,405
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,410 students
Quick facts
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- OUACHITA HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 243
- PEAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 783
- LOUISA PERRITT PRIMARY10.9 mi · 408
- GOZA MIDDLE SCHOOL11.2 mi · 560
- ARKADELPHIA HIGH SCHOOL11.3 mi · 534
- MALVERN MIDDLE SCHOOL11.8 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 280 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 16 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
What district is OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of OUACHITA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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