PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in PALESTINE, Arkansas, one of the schools within PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 448 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 2 schools in PALESTINE WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT (826 students total), PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 8% Black, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, St. Francis County as a whole is about 41% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.6%; this one delivers 28.9%.

In the broader community, St. Francis County reports that median household earnings sit near $42,574, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 24% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Francis County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,904 students), of which PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 19.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 3%, going from 463 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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