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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 364 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051107000834
PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1100 SHORT ST, PANGBURN, AR 72121 · (501) 728-4230 · White County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
260 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 70%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
37.5%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
40.6%
AR avg 36.5%
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 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
401
+21 (+6%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.6:1
% White
95%
was 96%
% Hispanic
3%
was 4%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in PANGBURN, Arkansas, PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school, part of PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT. It works with 401 students across grades K through 6.
Within PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 727 students, PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (95%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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), PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.0%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of +6.5 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (White County) logs that median household earnings sit near $55,249, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across White County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,342 students), PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. On composite proficiency, PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 6%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 401 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,838
Census ACS
Median income
$55,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,342 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- PANGBURN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 326
- WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 560
- WHITE COUNTY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL10.1 mi · 370
- MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.8 mi · 291
- HEBER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL12.3 mi · 391
- HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL12.4 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 401 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PANGBURN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.