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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050627000350
STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
400 DAWSON RD, FORREST CITY, AR 72335 · (870) 633-3248 · St. Francis County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.4:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
400 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
4
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
14.2%
AR avg 34.9% . -7.4pp since 2023
Math
28.3%
AR avg 38.9% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 14 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
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
20.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
400
-161 (-29%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 17.6:1
% White
5%
was 6%
% Hispanic
2%
was 2%
% Black
94%
was 89%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community in FORREST CITY, Arkansas, part of FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 400 students in grades 3 through 5.
Within FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,078 students, STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (94%). The remainder looks like 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 55% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.7%, the actual is 20.1%, a residual of -2.5 points.
Across the wider county, St. Francis County reports that median household income runs about $42,574, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 24%. Across St. Francis County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,904 students), STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 24.8%.
The school occupies a town-center site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 29%, going from 561 students in 2018 to 400 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 89% to 94%.
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St. Francis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,400
Census ACS
Median income
$42,574
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
24%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,904 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 563 students
- FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 270 students
- LINCOLN ACADEMYMiddle · 132 students
Other schools in FORREST CITY
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 713 students
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 563 students
- FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 270 students
- LINCOLN ACADEMYMiddle · 132 students
Nearby schools
- FORREST CITY HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 563
- FORREST CITY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 270
- LINCOLN ACADEMY0.7 mi · 132
- CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 713
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.7 mi · 448
- PALESTINE-WHEATLEY SENIOR HIGH7.4 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 400 students in grades 03-05.
Is STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.2:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 5% White, 2% Hispanic, 94% Black, 1% Asian.
Who oversees STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by FORREST CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Francis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.