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What's the one class at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
434
Elementary
DISTRICT 405 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051209000974
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
313 HWY 62 E, SALEM, AR 72576 · (870) 895-2456 · Fulton County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL434 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
287 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SALEM HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
42.7%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.7% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 50.4% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 434 | 66.1% | 47.4% |
| BERGMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISON | 474 | 65.6% | 53.5% |
| PANGBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANGBURN | 401 | 64.8% | 44.1% |
| FOREST HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISON | 375 | 66.9% | 54.8% |
| SKYLINE HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISON | 479 | 65.8% | 44.9% |
| BISMARCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BISMARCK | 379 | 66.5% | 44.6% |
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 SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #103 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #111 of 465 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #143 of 465 ▼ 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 434 | #232 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #194 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #448 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.1% | #321 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #285 of 311 |
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
434
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 434 | 27.8 | 15.6:1 | 66% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 27.7 | 15.7:1 | 68% (296) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 29.7 | 15.2:1 | 66% (298) |
| 2020-21 | 427 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 69% (294) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 28.7 | 15.6:1 | 36% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 30 | 14.5:1 | 69% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 65% (253) |
| 2000-01 | 369 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 51% (190) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 23 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in Arkansas, with an address in SALEM. Students in kindergarten through 6 attend, and enrollment is 434 students.
SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 2 schools and 810 students.
White students make up 95% of enrollment at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial. The White share in Fulton County as a whole is similar, at about 92%. 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.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.6:1, with 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 66%. It compares with 76% for public schools in Fulton County.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.4%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 35.3%.
County data help place the school in context: in Fulton County, the median household income is $42,241, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Fulton County is home to 6 public schools and about 1,660 public school students.
Nearby, SALEM HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.3 miles away. Within ten miles of SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 3 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 36.3%; SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 47.4%, ranking 2nd of 8.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 434, starting from 427.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Fulton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,302
Census ACS
Median income
$42,241
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,660 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Salem Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Salem Elementary. SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 16.
- SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBENTON, AR · 469 students
- Salem Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 946 students
- Salem ElementarySalem, WI · 936 students
- Salem ElementaryApex, NC · 776 students
- Salem ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 573 students
Nearby schools
- SALEM HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 376
- VIOLA HIGH SCHOOL9.8 mi · 185
- VIOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 193
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.8 mi · 286
- IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL15.1 mi · 218
- IZARD COUNTY CONS MIDDLE SCHOOL15.1 mi · 193
Frequently asked questions
About SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 434 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.