PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack K-5 schools in CORNING, Arkansas, overseen by CORNING SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 361 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by CORNING SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 805 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Clay County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 30.0%, the actual is 34.3%, a residual of +4.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Clay County shows the typical household earns roughly $51,481 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Clay County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,244 students), PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CORNING HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has climbed 50% since 2018, when it stood at 240 (now 361).

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.