Enrollment
196
Elementary
DISTRICT 190 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLEVINS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050330000089
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6003 HWY 29 N, BLEVINS, AR 71825 · (870) 874-2283 · Hempstead County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL196 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
175 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 24 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 31% smaller than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BLEVINS HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BLEVINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
12.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
28.9%
AR avg 38.9% . +11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 12 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 12.4% | 28.9% |
| 2023-24 | 15.1% | 17.5% |
% 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
19.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (19.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 196 | 89.3% | 19.0% |
| CARNALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 172 | 91.3% | 18.5% |
| KENSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KENSETT | 294 | 90.1% | 26.2% |
| COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL VANDERVOORT | 170 | 98.2% | N/A |
| COSSATOT RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WICKES | 200 | 98.5% | 49.9% |
| WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 233 | 100.0% | 39.6% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary 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 RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #392 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #312 of 465 ▲ 88 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #443 of 465 ▼ 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 196 | #483 of 531 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.3% | #163 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.0% | #33 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. 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
196
-78 (-28%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 196 | 15.2 | 12.9:1 | 89% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 217 | 17.5 | 12.4:1 | 97% (211) |
| 2022-23 | 255 | 19.8 | 12.9:1 | 84% (214) |
| 2020-21 | 274 | 21 | 13.1:1 | 85% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 280 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 57% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 260 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 86% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 284 | 22 | 12.9:1 | 88% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 270 | 21 | 12.9:1 | 72% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 260 | 15 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school in BLEVINS, Arkansas, and it is part of BLEVINS SCHOOL DISTRICT. The student body numbers 196 students, from pre-K through 6. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Arkansas) has about 418 students.
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools in BLEVINS SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 379 students in total.
Roughly 64% of students at RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 15% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 7% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 55%. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1 at RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas have 16.0:1, compared with 12.9:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 89% of enrollment. For comparison, public schools in Hempstead County average 90%.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 19.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 26.6%.
Hempstead County census figures show that the median household income is $46,787, about 16% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Hempstead County is home to 11 public schools and about 3,212 public school students.
BLEVINS HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, less than a tenth of a mile away in a straight line. The school's 19.0% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school enrolled 196 students in 2024-25, 78 fewer than the 274 it had in 2020-21.
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Hempstead County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
19,508
Census ACS
Median income
$46,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,212 students
Quick facts
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- BLEVINS HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 183
- PRESCOTT HIGH SCHOOL12.6 mi · 296
- Prescott Junior High School12.6 mi · 242
- PRESCOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.7 mi · 363
- MURFREESBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL14.2 mi · 383
- MURFREESBORO HIGH SCHOOL14.2 mi · 313
Frequently asked questions
About RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 196 students in grades PK-06.
Is RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 64% White, 15% Hispanic, 14% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
RANDY HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of BLEVINS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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