Enrollment
293
Elementary
DISTRICT 279 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POYEN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051173000892
POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14296 HWY 270 W, POYEN, AR 72128 · (501) 332-5529 · Grant County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
153 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 70%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 33 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 13% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→POYEN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within POYEN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
55.2%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
67.8%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 67.8% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 63.3% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #40 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #24 of 465 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #49 of 465 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #402 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #148 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.1% | #446 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #408 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #188 of 311 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
293
+36 (+14%) vs 2020
+124% since 1990-91, when it was 131
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 293 | 19.3 | 15.2:1 | 52% (153) |
| 2023-24 | 249 | 19.8 | 12.6:1 | 51% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 268 | 21.7 | 12.3:1 | 51% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 257 | 21 | 12.2:1 | 50% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 21.6 | 15.3:1 | 29% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 66% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 293 | 18 | 16.3:1 | 66% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 43% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 131 | 8 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in POYEN, Arkansas, is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school's 293 students are in pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 30% lower than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas, which is about 418.
POYEN SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 2 schools with 557 students in all.
About 94% of the student body at POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. Smaller groups are 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 91% White, within a few points of the school. POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 19.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 15.2:1. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 52% of students. That is higher than the 42% average for public schools in Grant County.
After accounting for student poverty, POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the top 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests of 57.1% is 16.7 points above the 40.4% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Grant County, the median household income is $71,549, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Grant County has 5 other public schools.
The nearest public school is POYEN HIGH SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 30.1%, lower than POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 57.1%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 36 students since 2020-21, to 293. Students per teacher rose from 12.2 in 2020-21 to 15.2 in 2024-25.
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Grant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,242
Census ACS
Median income
$71,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
3,468 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- POYEN HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 264
- MALVERN HIGH SCHOOL9.4 mi · 559
- MALVERN MIDDLE SCHOOL9.5 mi · 264
- GLEN ROSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 507
- GLEN ROSE MIDDLE SCHOOL10.2 mi · 327
- GLEN ROSE HIGH SCHOOL10.3 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 293 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.2:1 (19 FTE teachers).
How diverse is POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 94% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by POYEN SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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