Enrollment
237
Elementary
DISTRICT 225 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCRANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051218000980
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
103 N. EIGHTH ST., SCRANTON, AR 72863 · (833) 938-7121 · Logan County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL237 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
14.0:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
125 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SCRANTON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SCRANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
40.6%
AR avg 34.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
Math
49.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 49.7% |
| 2023-24 | 29.5% | 36.7% |
% 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 237 | 52.7% | 39.2% |
| NEMO VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTER RIDGE | 274 | 50.7% | 56.9% |
| MOUNTAIN HOME KINDERGARTEN MOUNTAIN HOME | 300 | 51.3% | N/A |
| POYEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POYEN | 293 | 52.2% | 57.1% |
| WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RISON | 289 | 59.2% | 39.1% |
| OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DONALDSON | 280 | 57.9% | 49.5% |
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 SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #195 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #127 of 465 ▲ 97 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #164 of 465 ▲ 127 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 237 | #455 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #72 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #441 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #406 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.8% | #85 of 138 |
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
237
-25 (-10%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 237 | 16.9 | 14.0:1 | 53% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 225 | 16.9 | 13.3:1 | 52% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 239 | 18 | 13.3:1 | 56% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 262 | 15 | 17.5:1 | 50% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 222 | 15.3 | 14.5:1 | 32% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 209 | 14 | 14.9:1 | 58% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 223 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 52% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 203 | 12 | 16.9:1 | 40% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 15 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in SCRANTON, Arkansas, as a small elementary school. Enrollment is 237 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 6. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas is about 418 students, so this school is 43% smaller than average.
SCRANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 449 students across 2 schools.
At SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 94% of the student body. It is also 3% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 12%.
Its 16.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.0:1. That ratio is under the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 53%. That is lower than the 90% average for public schools in Logan County.
The allk12 Grade for SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B-. Compared with Arkansas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 47% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 40.2%. It scores 39.2%, within a point of that figure.
Census estimates describe Logan County this way: median household income is about $58,555, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Logan County number 11 and enroll about 3,557.
The nearest other public school, SCRANTON HIGH SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st of 8 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 262 students in 2020-21 and 237 in 2024-25, a 10% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.5:1 to 14.0:1 over the same years.
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Logan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
21,277
Census ACS
Median income
$58,555
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,557 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other Scranton Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Scranton Elementary. SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Scranton ElementaryScranton, SC · 389 students
- SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLScranton, ND · 73 students
Nearby schools
- SCRANTON HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 212
- WESTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 279
- CLARKSVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL7.1 mi · 385
- CLARKSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL7.3 mi · 598
- CLARKSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.4 mi · 368
- CLARKSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL7.4 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 237 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SCRANTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SCRANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT in Logan County.
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