Enrollment
147
Elementary
DISTRICT 224 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVERSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050001201285
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
502 WEST STATE STREET, CARAWAY, AR 72419 · (870) 482-3351 · Craighead County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL147 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
13.1:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
108 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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 | 17 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 17 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 21 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 16 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (17) is 32% smaller than its 6th grade class (25).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
36.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
21.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 21.2% |
| 2023-24 | 31.2% | 21.2% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 147 | 73.5% | 29.8% |
| ST. PAUL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 121 | 71.9% | 27.0% |
| HARRISON KINDERGARTEN HARRISON | 177 | 67.2% | N/A |
| VIOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIOLA | 193 | 75.6% | 51.2% |
| LEPANTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEPANTO | 175 | 73.7% | N/A |
| CONCORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONCORD | 197 | 67.5% | 30.7% |
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 RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Craighead County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #299 of 461 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.2% | #381 of 465 ▼ 8 | #10 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #223 of 465 ▲ 48 | #7 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 147 | #506 of 531 | #21 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #259 of 513 | #12 of 21 |
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
147
-22 (-13%) vs 2020
-39% since 1990-91, when it was 241
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 147 | 11.3 | 13.1:1 | 73% (108) |
| 2023-24 | 123 | 11.2 | 11.0:1 | 77% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 147 | 12.5 | 11.8:1 | 75% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 169 | 13 | 13.0:1 | 68% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 189 | 15.3 | 12.4:1 | 40% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | 19 | 10.8:1 | 69% (143) |
| 2010-11 | 214 | 17 | 12.6:1 | 74% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 203 | 19 | 10.7:1 | 50% (101) |
| 1990-91 | 241 | 16 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a very small elementary school in CARAWAY, Arkansas, administered by RIVERSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 147 students. That puts enrollment 65% below the 418-student average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
Federal data list 3 schools in RIVERSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 789 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 93 are White. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic and 2% Black. Census figures show Craighead County is about 72% White. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 11.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas, 16.0:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 73%.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 32%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 2.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (29.8% actual, 32.5% predicted).
In the wider Craighead County area, the median household earns about $59,548 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Craighead County with 36 other public schools.
RIVERSIDE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 7.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within ten miles number 3. RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 169 to 147.
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Craighead County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
113,249
Census ACS
Median income
$59,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
20,332 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RIVERSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 342 students
- RIVERSIDE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 300 students
Nearby schools
- RIVERSIDE WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 300
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL7.5 mi · 342
- BUFFALO ISLAND CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL9.0 mi · 316
- LEPANTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 175
- EAST POINSETT COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL10.2 mi · 266
- TRUMANN MIDDLE SCHOOL11.4 mi · 418
Frequently asked questions
About RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 147 students in grades PK-06.
Is RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RIVERSIDE EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by RIVERSIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Craighead County.
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