REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 709 DAN GILL DRIVE, in DUMAS, Arkansas, REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school that hosts 368 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,039 students, REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest looks like 13% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the resource side, REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 22.3%; this one delivers 12.9%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Desha County) shows that median household income runs about $37,662, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Desha County (combined enrollment of about 2,160 students).

DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 22.9%.

REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 9%: 405 students in 2018 compared to 368 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 19% to 13% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.