PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an average-sized K-5 school in CONWAY, Arkansas, overseen by CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 417 students, covering grades K through 4.

PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 16 schools operated by CONWAY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 10,212 students overall.

Looking at the student body, PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 28% Black, 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial. By comparison, Faulkner County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Faulkner County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.0%, the actual is 32.9%, a residual of -0.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Faulkner County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,289 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Faulkner County (combined enrollment of about 18,977 students).

The closest other public school is RAY PHYLLIS SIMON MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 463 (now 417). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 49% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for PRESTON & FLORENCE MATTISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.