Enrollment
387
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050633000370
PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4111 PARK AVE, FORT SMITH, AR 72903 · (479) 783-4506 · Sebastian County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL387 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
348 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
23.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
Math
22.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +3.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.8% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 18.2% |
% 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
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (20.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 387 | 89.9% | 20.1% |
| TILLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 343 | 90.4% | 14.2% |
| HARRY C. MORRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 493 | 90.3% | 17.8% |
| WESTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 498 | 86.1% | 19.7% |
| JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 464 | 95.0% | 14.3% |
| HOWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 299 | 92.3% | 25.9% |
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 PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Sebastian County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.1% | #385 of 461 | #18 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #376 of 465 ▲ 21 | #18 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.8% | #356 of 465 ▲ 39 | #17 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 387 | #293 of 531 | #11 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #454 of 480 | #20 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.6% | #86 of 480 | #11 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.9% | #162 of 513 | #10 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #55 of 311 | #4 of 18 |
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
387
-116 (-23%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 90% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 359 | 18 | 20.0:1 | 87% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 356 | 18.6 | 19.1:1 | 90% (320) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 26 | 19.4:1 | 90% (453) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 33.1 | 15.8:1 | 36% (189) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 96% (511) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 30 | 17.9:1 | 95% (510) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 73% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 16 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In FORT SMITH, Arkansas, PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 387 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT (27 schools, 14,164 students) runs PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
More than half of enrollment at PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic: 54%. Other groups include 20% White, 13% multiracial, and 11% Black. The county population is about 16% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 64%.
The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.4:1. Compared with the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas, this school's ratio is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 90% of the student body. It compares with 65% for public schools in Sebastian County.
PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 20.1%, compared with a predicted 26.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Sebastian County, median household income comes to about $57,790, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sebastian County counts 44 public schools with about 20,239 students.
PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9.
In the federal locale system, PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 387 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 503.
The PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Sebastian County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
128,900
Census ACS
Median income
$57,790
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
20,239 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
Other schools in FORT SMITH
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,231 students
- SOUTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,053 students
- RAMSEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 801 students
- DORA KIMMONS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- L. A. CHAFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 753 students
- WILLIAM O. DARBY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 711 students
Other Park Elementary schools
25 other US public schools in 19 states are named Park Elementary. PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 10th largest of the 26.
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCORNING, AR · 361 students
- Park Elementary SchoolNewark, NJ · 747 students
- Park Elementary SchoolHamilton, GA · 628 students
- Park ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 581 students
- PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLAVON PARK, FL · 557 students
Nearby schools
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF FORT SMITH0.6 mi · 99
- SUNNYMEDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 510
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,231
- BALLMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 286
- TILLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 343
- BONNEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 387 students in grades PK-05.
Is PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 20% White, 54% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT SMITH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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