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Alumni: what's one memory from PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 442 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051341001371
PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
619 PARKVIEW, VAN BUREN, AR 72956 · (479) 474-8730 · Crawford County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
287 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
40.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
Math
52.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 52.9% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 47.4% |
% 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
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 →
Schools most like PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 437 | 65.7% | 44.5% |
| WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CABOT | 424 | 66.3% | 54.3% |
| BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEACHVILLE | 404 | 67.1% | 44.1% |
| MCRAE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEARCY | 445 | 60.4% | 42.7% |
| NOBLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 416 | 68.8% | N/A |
| LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PEARCY | 566 | 70.5% | 47.9% |
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 PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Crawford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #127 of 461 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #97 of 465 ▲ 28 | #2 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #165 of 465 ▼ 37 | #3 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #230 of 531 | #7 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #433 of 480 | #8 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.7% | #191 of 480 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #324 of 513 | #7 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #128 of 138 | N/A |
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
437
+99 (+29%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 437 | 23.2 | 18.9:1 | 66% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 23.8 | 18.3:1 | 61% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 24.7 | 16.7:1 | 54% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 338 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 53% (179) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 24.9 | 17.3:1 | 33% (142) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 59% (278) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 25 | 19.6:1 | 55% (268) |
| 2000-01 | 389 | 20 | 19.4:1 | 34% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 22 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school based in VAN BUREN, Arkansas. The student body numbers 437 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Across its 11 schools, VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 5,703 students. PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
A majority of students at PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 64%, are White. Next come 17% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 81% White. The chance that two students picked at random at PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 54%.
Teacher staffing is 23.2 full-time equivalents, or about 18.9 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. About 66% of students, or 287, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Crawford County, the average is about the same, 65%.
PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 73% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 35.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.5%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Crawford County, median household income is about $64,132, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Crawford County, which together enroll about 10,496 students.
VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal counts put enrollment at 338 in 2020-21 and 437 in 2024-25, a 29% increase. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.4:1 to 18.9:1.
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Crawford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,139
Census ACS
Median income
$64,132
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,232 students
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 713 students
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 468 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
Other schools in VAN BUREN
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,232 students
- NORTHRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 713 students
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 557 students
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 468 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- JAMES R. TATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
Other Parkview Elementary schools
40 other US public schools in 19 states are named Parkview Elementary. PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 15th largest of the 41.
- Parkview ElementaryEl Monte, CA · 920 students
- PARKVIEW ELEMENTARYROSEMOUNT, MN · 674 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 618 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 609 students
- Parkview Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 588 students
Nearby schools
- VAN BUREN FRESHMAN ACADEMY0.7 mi · 468
- BUTTERFIELD TRAIL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 557
- KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 437
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 466
- VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,232
- RENA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 414
Frequently asked questions
About PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 437 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.9:1 (23 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by VAN BUREN SCHOOL DISTRICT in Crawford County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.