PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized elementary campuss in MAUMELLE, Arkansas, one of the schools within PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 371 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

PULASKI COUNTY SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 12,586 students. PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 53% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 31% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Pulaski County as a whole is about 37% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Pulaski County's rate of about 71%.

With demographic context factored in, PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Pulaski County indicate median household earnings sit near $62,873, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pulaski County runs 133 public schools (combined enrollment of about 64,124 students), of which PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MAUMELLE CHARTER ELEMENTARY, around 0.1 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 33.9%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINE FOREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 29%, going from 521 students in 2018 to 371 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 47% to 31% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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