Enrollment
112
Elementary
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051020000964
RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
13237 HWY 263, FOX, AR 72051 · (870) 363-4365 · Stone County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL112 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
11.1:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
109 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 11 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 12 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 10 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 26 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (11) is 58% smaller than its 6th grade class (26).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
41.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
AR avg 38.9% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.6% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.1% | 41.8% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 112 | 97.3% | 34.9% |
| OARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OARK | 107 | 97.2% | 21.5% |
| KINGSTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KINGSTON | 122 | 97.5% | 35.5% |
| TIMBO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TIMBO | 98 | 96.9% | 40.2% |
| WEINER ELEMENTARY WEINER | 126 | 97.6% | 47.5% |
| ST. JOE ELEMENTARY WESTERN GROVE | 89 | 96.6% | 38.0% |
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 RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #244 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #261 of 465 ▼ 88 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.6% | #154 of 465 ▲ 141 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 112 | #516 of 531 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.3% | #142 of 513 |
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
112
+22 (+24%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 124
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 8.2:1
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 | 112 | 10.1 | 11.1:1 | 97% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 113 | 10.6 | 10.6:1 | 97% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 110 | 11.4 | 9.7:1 | 97% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 90 | 11 | 8.2:1 | 100% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 103 | 11.2 | 9.2:1 | 37% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 122 | 11 | 11.1:1 | 73% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 124 | 11 | 11.3:1 | 67% (83) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school with its address in FOX, Arkansas. The school reports 112 students in kindergarten through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418 students.
RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 7 schools and 1,569 students.
Federal enrollment data show RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 95% White. Other groups make up 4% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 10% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
With 10.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL was 11.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas have 16.0:1, compared with 11.1:1 here. RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 97%. That tracks the 99% average for public schools in Stone County.
allk12 grades RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Arkansas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.9%; the prediction is 23.6%.
Census estimates describe Stone County this way: the median household income is $40,943, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 16%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Besides RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Stone County has 6 other public schools.
RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 5. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.3%; RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 34.9%, ranking 6th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Remote.
Enrollment at RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL climbed 24% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 90 to 112 students. Federal data show the ratio rising from 8.2:1 to 11.1:1.
Community posts for RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Stone County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,568
Census ACS
Median income
$40,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 497 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 337 students
- MOUNTAIN VIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 335 students
- TIMBO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 99 students
- TIMBO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 98 students
- RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 91 students
Nearby schools
- RURAL SPECIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 91
- SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL6.6 mi · 110
- SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 169
- TIMBO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 98
- TIMBO HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 99
- MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.4 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 112 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.1:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
What district is RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
RURAL SPECIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MOUNTAIN VIEW SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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