RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a tiny elementary campus in FOX, Arkansas, overseen by MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 112 students spanning grades K through 6. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Across the 7 schools in MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,569 students total), RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (95%) are White. The remainder consists of 4% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 23.3%, the actual is 31.8%, a residual of +8.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Stone County shows median household income runs about $40,943, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Stone County (combined enrollment of about 1,569 students).

Nearest neighbor: RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 103 students in 2018 compared to 112 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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