SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a modestly sized primary school in SHIRLEY, Arkansas, SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 169 students from grades K through 6, run under SHIRLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 418 students per school, that is 60% below typical.

SHIRLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 279 students; SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Van Buren County's rate of about 97%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 28.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Van Buren County indicate median household earnings sit near $50,354, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Van Buren County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,057 students), of which SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.5%.

SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 179 (now 169). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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