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Enrollment
427
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050006700950
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
700 MAIN STREET, RISON, AR 71665 · (870) 325-6894 · Cleveland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
15.1:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
318 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 70%
Community
5
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 | 79 | 19% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 51 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 10% smaller than its 6th grade class (51).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→RISON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
40.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
33.7%
AR avg 38.9% . -9.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 10 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.5% | 33.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.4% | 43.4% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.1%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 427 | 74.5% | 39.9% |
| WYNNE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL WYNNE | 510 | 71.6% | 38.3% |
| MAYFLOWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYFLOWER | 363 | 70.5% | 30.4% |
| HAZEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAZEN | 315 | 74.3% | 28.8% |
| GANDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITE HALL | 366 | 65.0% | 35.4% |
| SIDNEY DEENER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEARCY | 421 | 78.4% | 29.7% |
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 RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #184 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.7% | #270 of 465 ▼ 116 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #166 of 465 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #241 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #141 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.4% | #250 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.5% | #246 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.3% | #31 of 138 |
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
427
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+23% since 2010-11, when it was 347
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 427 | 28.2 | 15.1:1 | 74% (318) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 29.2 | 11.8:1 | 67% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 34.3 | 11.0:1 | 65% (245) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 37 | 11.6:1 | 70% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 352 | 24.9 | 14.2:1 | 28% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 21 | 17.8:1 | 73% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 347 | 23 | 15.1:1 | 49% (171) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in RISON, Arkansas, (ZIP code 71665). Classes run from pre-K through 6, and the school has 427 students.
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools in CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 741 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 72% White. It is also 19% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Cleveland County is roughly 84% White. RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 44%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.1:1. That ratio is under the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 74%. That rate is above the 64% average among public schools in Cleveland County.
allk12 grades RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7.7 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 39.9% actual, 32.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Across Cleveland County, median household income is about $54,794, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The public schools of Cleveland County number 4 and enroll about 1,291.
RISON HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 3 other public schools within ten miles. Nearby schools average 24.0% on proficiency, and RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 39.9%.
NCES describes the area around RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Remote, meaning in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's size has been steady, with 430 students in 2020-21 and 427 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 11.6 to 15.1 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,453
Census ACS
Median income
$54,794
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,291 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 314 students
Other schools in RISON
- RISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 314 students
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 289 students
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 261 students
Nearby schools
- RISON HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 314
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 261
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 289
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOL PINE BLUFF16.7 mi · 236
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY SOUTHEAST PINE BLUFF16.7 mi · 76
- FORDYCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS16.8 mi · 338
Frequently asked questions
About RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 427 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 72% White, 2% Hispanic, 19% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.