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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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.5%
AR avg 33.9%
Math
38.1%
AR avg 36.5%
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 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 34 and 36.
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
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
399
-32 (-7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.2:1
% White
91%
was 94%
% Hispanic
4%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in ROSE BUD, Arkansas, operated by ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 399 students in grades pre-K through 6.
Within ROSE BUD SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 707 students, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). The remainder comes out to 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 16.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for White County indicate the typical household earns roughly $55,249 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 27 public schools in White County (combined enrollment of about 12,342 students).
Nearest neighbor: ROSE BUD HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.
ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 399 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, members of the ROSE BUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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
Related schools
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.