PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1202 S. PARK AVE., in STUTTGART, Arkansas, PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a heavily attended K-5 school that serves 641 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under STUTTGART SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 53% above the state mean of about 418.

PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by STUTTGART SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 1,584 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Black at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 33% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Arkansas County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Arkansas County (around 72%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.3%.

Around the school, census data for Arkansas County shows median household earnings sit near $53,164, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Arkansas County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,737 students), of which PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MEEKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 25.0%.

PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 6% since 2018, when it stood at 685 (now 641). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 48% to 42%. Class-load math has grew: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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