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What's one thing ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051200000961
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
124 SCHOOL ROAD, ROSE BUD, AR 72137 · (501) 556-5152 · White County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% 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
15.4:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
242 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 30 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 5% smaller than its 6th grade class (58).
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
43.5%
AR avg 34.9% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
37.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.5% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 38.1% |
% 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
38.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (38.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 399 | 60.7% | 38.7% |
| MAGNET COVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MALVERN | 368 | 59.8% | 36.8% |
| DOVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DOVER | 455 | 61.5% | 50.1% |
| SPRING HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOPE | 348 | 61.8% | 34.9% |
| PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANGBURN | 401 | 64.8% | 44.1% |
| MARMADUKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARMADUKE | 370 | 62.7% | 42.8% |
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 ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In White County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.7% | #203 of 461 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #246 of 465 ▼ 34 | #7 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #134 of 465 ▲ 99 | #4 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #282 of 531 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #179 of 480 | #7 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #412 of 480 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #359 of 513 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #238 of 311 | #7 of 8 |
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
399
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 298
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 399 | 25.8 | 15.4:1 | 61% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 26.6 | 14.1:1 | 57% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 417 | 29.6 | 14.1:1 | 60% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 62% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 28.3 | 15.2:1 | 38% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 447 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 64% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 29 | 15.5:1 | 59% (264) |
| 2000-01 | 456 | 28 | 16.3:1 | 61% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 298 | 17 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in ROSE BUD, Arkansas. It teaches 399 students in pre-K through 6.
ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 2 schools and 707 students, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 17% means there is a 17% chance two randomly chosen students at ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its ratio of 15.4:1 is based on 25.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 61%. The figure for public schools in White County is close, at 60%.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1.5 points above its prediction. Actual: 38.7%. Predicted: 37.3%.
In White County, median household income comes to about $55,249, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. The county's public schools total 27, with about 12,342 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In all, 5 other public schools sit within ten miles of ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school grew from 386 students in 2020-21 to 399 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 14.3:1 in 2020-21 to 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
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White County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
77,838
Census ACS
Median income
$55,249
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
12,342 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 308
- MT. VERNON ENOLA HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 234
- QUITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL9.0 mi · 210
- QUITMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.0 mi · 432
- QUITMAN HIGH SCHOOL9.0 mi · 308
- HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL11.3 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-06.
Is ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.4:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.