POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an expansive elementary campus in POCAHONTAS, Arkansas, one of the schools within POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 703 students, covering grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 68% above the state mean of about 418.

POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,971 students. POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 78%; the rest is composed of 12% Pacific Islander, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.0:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.5%; this one delivers 33.1%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Randolph County) shows that median household income runs about $50,911, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Randolph County (combined enrollment of about 2,565 students).

The closest other public school is POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Trend over the last 7 years. POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 28% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 703). The White share of enrollment declined from 83% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 today.

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