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Which teacher or staff member at POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
402
Middle
DISTRICT 429 · STATE 464
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051161000885
POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2301 NORTH PARK STREET, POCAHONTAS, AR 72455 · (870) 892-4573 · Randolph County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
299 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 139 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 30% |
| Grade 6 | 143 | 36% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
26.9%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
29.7%
AR avg 38.9% . -5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.9% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 34.8% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 402 | 74.4% | 28.0% |
| POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL POCAHONTAS | 456 | 66.7% | 19.4% |
| BISMARCK MIDDLE SCHOOL BISMARCK | 338 | 69.5% | 43.7% |
| HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL HARDY | 442 | 71.9% | 44.3% |
| HUNTSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 470 | 68.3% | 31.7% |
| WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL WALDRON | 409 | 70.9% | 26.1% |
Matched among Arkansas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #153 of 207 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #144 of 208 ▼ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #148 of 208 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 402 | #122 of 217 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #155 of 188 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.8% | #101 of 188 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #73 of 210 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.0% | #13 of 114 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
402
-230 (-36%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 402 | 24.2 | 16.6:1 | 74% (299) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 22.6 | 19.1:1 | 71% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 445 | 25.1 | 17.7:1 | 64% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 632 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 64% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 36.3 | 16.5:1 | 37% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 67% (370) |
| 2010-11 | 545 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 63% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 588 | 34 | 17.3:1 | 56% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 45 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle-grades school with its address in POCAHONTAS, Arkansas. The latest federal count shows 402 students in grades 4 through 6.
POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 4 schools and 1,971 students, including POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At 73%, White students outnumber all other groups at POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. After that, the student body is 15% Pacific Islander, 6% multiracial, and 4% Hispanic. Among all residents of Randolph County, the White share is about 89%. By the diversity index, POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 44%.
Teachers at POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 24.2 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.6:1. For comparison, middle schools in Arkansas average 13.9:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 74%. That is close to the 76% average for public schools in Randolph County.
On BeatsExpectations, POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.2 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.
Federal survey data for Randolph County show that median household income is about $50,911, roughly 12% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 7 public schools in Randolph County.
Nearest public school: POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The five-mile area around POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools average 28.0% on proficiency, and POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 28.0%.
The NCES locale for POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The student count in 2024-25 was 402, 36% below the 632 of 2020-21.
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Randolph County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,838
Census ACS
Median income
$50,911
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,565 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 703 students
- POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 456 students
- POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 410 students
Other schools in POCAHONTAS
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 703 students
- POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 456 students
- POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 410 students
- BLACK RIVER TECHNICAL COLLEGE CAREER CENTER (TOPPS)High
Nearby schools
- POCAHONTAS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 456
- POCAHONTAS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 410
- POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 703
- MAYNARD HIGH SCHOOL10.7 mi · 253
- MAYNARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.8 mi · 341
- IMBODEN AREA CHARTER SCHOOL12.1 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 402 students in grades 04-06.
Is POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 04-06.
How many teachers does POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1.
What is the student diversity at POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 73% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT in Randolph County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.