POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-grades school of mid-sized scale in POCAHONTAS, Arkansas, run under POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 402 students in grades 4 through 6.

Across the 4 schools in POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,971 students total), POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Pacific Islander, 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Randolph County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.9:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.6%; this one delivers 28.6%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Randolph County indicate median household income runs about $50,911, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. POCAHONTAS UPPER 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 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, POCAHONTAS UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 27.4%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 33%: 600 students in 2018 compared to 402 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 86% to 73%.

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