RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 700 MAIN STREET, in RISON, Arkansas, RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school that caters to 427 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by CLEVELAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 741 students overall.

On demographics, RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 19% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cleveland County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.6%; this one delivers 41.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Cleveland County shows the typical household earns roughly $54,794 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Cleveland County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,291 students), RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is RISON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 25.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 21%, going from 352 students in 2018 to 427 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 30% to 19%.

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