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Enrollment
481
Elementary
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050375001445
STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
850 STAGECOACH, CABOT, AR 72023 · (501) 743-3574 · Lonoke County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
221 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (113).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
48.8%
AR avg 34.9% . +7.1pp since 2023
Math
64.6%
AR avg 38.9% . +7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.8% | 64.6% |
| 2023-24 | 41.7% | 56.7% |
% 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
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 481 | 45.9% | 52.4% |
| SHERIDAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHERIDAN | 523 | 46.5% | N/A |
| GLENN DUFFY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRAVETTE | 496 | 46.6% | N/A |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CABOT | 551 | 46.1% | 46.5% |
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CABOT | 550 | 44.2% | 52.8% |
| GREENBRIER SPRINGHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENBRIER | 447 | 40.9% | 73.4% |
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 STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Lonoke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #63 of 461 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.6% | #30 of 465 ▲ 29 | #3 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #93 of 465 ▲ 57 | #4 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #174 of 531 | #5 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #208 of 480 | #8 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.9% | #333 of 480 | #13 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #445 of 513 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #286 of 311 | #10 of 10 |
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
481
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 481 | 30.4 | 15.8:1 | 46% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 32 | 14.8:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2022-23 | 483 | 30.9 | 15.6:1 | 45% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 38% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 33.8 | 14.7:1 | 19% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 494 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 36% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 32% (171) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in CABOT, Arkansas, in Lonoke County. A total of 481 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 4.
CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT has 17 schools and 10,672 students, and STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls a student body that is 83% White. Other reported shares: 9% multiracial and 6% Hispanic. The White share in Lonoke County as a whole is similar, at about 85%. By the diversity index, STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 30%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.8:1, with 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Arkansas have a similar average ratio of 16.0:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 46%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 42.7% and the result is 52.4%.
Lonoke County has these Census figures: median household income is about $72,828, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The public schools of Lonoke County number 25 and enroll about 13,478.
The nearest public school is EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 1.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (475) to 2024-25 (481). The school's ratio rose from 14.4:1 to 15.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Lonoke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,272
Census ACS
Median income
$72,828
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
13,478 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CABOT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,170 students
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH NORTHMiddle · 920 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTHMiddle · 828 students
- CABOT FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 827 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHMiddle · 747 students
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHMiddle · 699 students
Other schools in CABOT
- CABOT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,170 students
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH NORTHMiddle · 920 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTHMiddle · 828 students
- CABOT FRESHMAN ACADEMYHigh · 827 students
- CABOT MIDDLE SCHOOL SOUTHMiddle · 747 students
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTHMiddle · 699 students
Other Stagecoach Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Stagecoach Elementary. STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Stagecoach ElementaryRock Springs, WY · 394 students
- STAGECOACH ELEMENTARYGALLUP, NM · 340 students
Nearby schools
- EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 550
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 394
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH SOUTH1.8 mi · 699
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 551
- CABOT JUNIOR HIGH NORTH1.8 mi · 920
- CABOT HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 2,170
Frequently asked questions
About STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 481 students in grades KG-04.
Is STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
STAGECOACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CABOT SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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