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Enrollment
675
Elementary
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004501600
RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1704 WEST STATE HIGHWAY 14, WILSON, AR 72395 · (870) 655-8621 · Mississippi County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL675 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
18.7:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
675 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 54 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 87 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (87).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY→ACADEMIES AT RIVERCREST HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
35.0%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
40.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 34.4% |
% 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
35.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% 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 RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 675 | 100.0% | 35.2% |
| STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STAR CITY | 679 | 99.9% | 27.6% |
| DREW CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 562 | 100.0% | 32.1% |
| INTERNATIONAL STUDIES MAGNET JONESBORO | 636 | 100.0% | 42.5% |
| VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET JONESBORO | 731 | 100.0% | 40.2% |
| MCGEHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MCGEHEE | 547 | 100.0% | 35.6% |
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 RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Mississippi County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.2% | #241 of 461 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #209 of 465 ▲ 36 | #4 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #234 of 465 ▼ 68 | #5 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 675 | #42 of 531 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #425 of 480 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.3% | #131 of 480 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #12 of 513 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #108 of 138 | N/A |
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
675
+80 (+13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 675 | 36 | 18.7:1 | 100% (675) |
| 2023-24 | 639 | 37.6 | 17.0:1 | 100% (639) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 38.7 | 15.8:1 | 100% (609) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 100% (595) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 43.1 | 15.0:1 | 43% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 681 | 44 | 15.5:1 | 83% (567) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public high-enrollment elementary school in WILSON, Arkansas. School enrollment was 675 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students.
Across its 3 schools, RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,205 students. RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
A majority of students at RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 58%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% Black, 9% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is close to the 57% White share among all Mississippi County residents. By the diversity index, RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 59%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.7:1 at RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 36 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 100% of enrollment. Compared with the 84% average for public schools in Mississippi County, the school's rate is higher.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 12.6 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 35.2% actual, 22.7% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Arkansas.
Federal survey data for Mississippi County show that median household income is about $52,548, about 14% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 17%. A total of 22 public schools operate in Mississippi County, serving about 6,930 students.
The closest public school to RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ACADEMIES AT RIVERCREST HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 2 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 35.2% is above the 20.6% average for nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 595 students to 675. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.5:1 to 18.7:1 over the same years.
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Mississippi County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,126
Census ACS
Median income
$52,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
6,930 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ACADEMIES AT RIVERCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 351 students
- RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMYMiddle · 179 students
Other schools in WILSON
- ACADEMIES AT RIVERCREST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 351 students
- RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMYMiddle · 179 students
Other Rivercrest Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rivercrest Elementary. RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Rivercrest ElementaryBartlett, TN · 674 students
- Rivercrest Elementary SchoolBOGATA, TX · 320 students
Nearby schools
- ACADEMIES AT RIVERCREST HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 351
- RIVERCREST JUNIOR HIGH PREPARATORY ACADEMY0.2 mi · 179
- OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 254
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 132
- CARROLL SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.3 mi · 265
- OSCEOLA MIDDLE SCHOOL9.6 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 675 students in grades PK-06.
Is RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.7:1 students per teacher at RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 58% White, 9% Hispanic, 24% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.