PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL

PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL is a primary school of medium-sized scale in PEA RIDGE, Arkansas, one of the schools within PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 587 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 40% bigger than the state mean of about 418.

PEA RIDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,670 students; PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (86%) are White. The remainder reads as 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, Benton County reports that median household earnings sit near $93,506, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Benton County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PEA RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL has ticked up 14%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 587 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the PEA RIDGE PRIMARY SCHOOL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.