PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school in PIGGOTT, Arkansas, overseen by PIGGOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT, educates 484 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within PIGGOTT SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 814 students, PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (96%) are White. Compared to Clay County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 30% of students at PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Clay County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.7%; PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 29.0%, -18.8 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate median household income runs about $51,481, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Clay County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,244 students), PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PIGGOTT HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PIGGOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 500 students in 2018 compared to 484 in 2025.

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