PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a roomy elementary campus in BAUXITE, Arkansas, PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 753 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under BAUXITE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 80% larger than typical.

Across the 3 schools in BAUXITE SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,717 students total), PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 32.7%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the surrounding community, Saline County reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,046 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 33 public schools in Saline County (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students).

Nearest neighbor: BAUXITE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PINE HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 785 (now 753). White enrollment moved from 91% to 87% across the same window.

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