POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in POTTSVILLE, Arkansas, part of POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 605 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.

POTTSVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,838 students; POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.8:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Pope County's rate of about 64%.

After controlling for student poverty, POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Arkansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 42.5%; actual is 61.4%, +18.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Pope County) shows that median household income runs about $57,344, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Pope County (combined enrollment of about 10,311 students).

The closest other public school is POTTSVILLE MIDDLE GRADE, roughly 0.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 36.8%.

POTTSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 566 students in 2018 compared to 605 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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