S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a compact primary school in DANVILLE, Arkansas, S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves 328 students from grades pre-K through 4, part of DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

DANVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 824 students; S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 45% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 71% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Yell County's rate of about 79%.

After controlling for student poverty, S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.9%, the actual is 41.9%, a residual of +9.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Yell County shows median household earnings sit near $55,934, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Yell County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,945 students), of which S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 29.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 4%, going from 340 students in 2018 to 328 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 58% to 50% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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