Enrollment
368
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050550001481
REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
709 DAN GILL DRIVE, DUMAS, AR 71639 · (870) 382-5365 · Desha County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL368 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
13.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
368 students
DISTRICT 100% · 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 | 38 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
Based on grade levels within DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
14.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
7.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 down about 2 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 14.6% | 7.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.2% | 9.1% |
% 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
12.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (12.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 368 | 100.0% | 12.4% |
| BALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 330 | 99.1% | 8.2% |
| COLLEGE HILL HARMONY LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TEXARKANA | 391 | 100.0% | 15.5% |
| BOONE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 428 | 100.0% | 9.4% |
| AMBOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 456 | 100.0% | 17.9% |
| BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 343 | 100.0% | N/A |
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 REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.4% | #436 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.0% | #461 of 465 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 14.6% | #434 of 465 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 368 | #319 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #61 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #235 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #32 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #217 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
368
+36 (+11%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 368 | 26.6 | 13.8:1 | 100% (368) |
| 2023-24 | 206 | 23.1 | 8.9:1 | 100% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 22.1 | 9.6:1 | 99% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 332 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 100% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 32.1 | 12.6:1 | 34% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 377 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 85% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 624 | 43 | 14.5:1 | 83% (517) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public medium-sized elementary school in DUMAS, Arkansas. Enrollment is 368 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Across its 4 schools, DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,039 students. REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Black students make up a majority at REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 69%. Smaller groups are 13% White, 13% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Desha County is roughly 49% Black. REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 48%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.8:1. This ratio sits 2.1 below the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 100%. That tracks the 100% average for public schools in Desha County.
allk12 grades REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 12.4% and a predicted 22.7%.
In the county around the school, Desha County, the median household income is $37,662, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 13% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 20%. Desha County is home to 7 public schools and about 2,160 public school students.
Nearest public school: DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 12.4% compares with 22.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 36 more students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 11.4 to 13.8 over 4 years.
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Desha County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,786
Census ACS
Median income
$37,662
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
20%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DUMAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 266 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
- DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 184 students
Other schools in DUMAS
- DUMAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 266 students
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
- DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 184 students
Other Reed Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 7 states are named Reed Elementary. REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 9.
- Reed Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 847 students
- Reed Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 766 students
- REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKUNA, ID · 675 students
- Reed Elementary SchoolTacoma, WA · 426 students
- REED ELEMENTARYST LOUIS, MO · 410 students
Nearby schools
- DUMAS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 184
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 221
- DUMAS HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 266
- CONNER MIDDLE SCHOOL17.5 mi · 248
- MCGEHEE HIGH SCHOOL17.6 mi · 326
- MCGEHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL18.5 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 368 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 13% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
REED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DUMAS SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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