RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of high-enrollment scale in WILSON, Arkansas, operated by RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 675 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 61% above the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

RIVERCREST SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,205 students. RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 24% Black, 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mississippi County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Roughly 100% of students at RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Mississippi County's rate of about 84%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Mississippi County put median household earnings sit near $52,548, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Mississippi County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,930 students), of which RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

ACADEMIES AT RIVERCREST HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 18.7%.

RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIVERCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 4%, going from 648 students in 2018 to 675 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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