Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900000633
TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
10800 MARA LYNN ROAD, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72211 · (501) 447-6500 · Pulaski County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
15.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
325 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
25.3%
AR avg 34.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
14.7%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.3% | 14.7% |
| 2023-24 | 22.3% | 13.3% |
% 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
19.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.0%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% 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 →
Schools most like TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (19.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 328 | 99.1% | 19.4% |
| BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 309 | 99.0% | 7.5% |
| MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 254 | 98.8% | 18.5% |
| ROMINE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER LITTLE ROCK | 242 | 98.8% | N/A |
| BLYTHEVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL BLYTHEVILLE | 343 | 100.0% | N/A |
| WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 315 | 99.0% | 12.9% |
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 TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 19.4% | #390 of 461 | #37 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.7% | #425 of 465 ▼ 1 | #45 of 63 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.3% | #344 of 465 ▲ 31 | #30 of 63 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #362 of 531 | #45 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #198 of 480 | #29 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #258 of 480 | #48 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.1% | #107 of 513 | #21 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #50 of 311 | #13 of 42 |
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
328
-79 (-19%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 328 | 21 | 15.6:1 | 99% (325) |
| 2023-24 | 337 | 21 | 16.0:1 | 84% (282) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 21 | 16.8:1 | 86% (302) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 27 | 15.1:1 | 100% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 24.8 | 18.1:1 | 21% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 466 | 28 | 16.6:1 | 99% (463) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 74% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 24 | 20.4:1 | 33% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 26 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 10800 MARA LYNN ROAD in LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas, TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school. The school's 328 students are in pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 22% lower than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas, which is about 418.
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 40 schools with a combined 22,320 students. TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
Black students account for 74% of enrollment at TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Enrollment also includes 9% Hispanic, 7% White, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's Black share is 37 points above the 37% share among Pulaski County residents. By the diversity index, TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 43%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1 at TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is about 16.0:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 99% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Pulaski County is 71%.
allk12 grades TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Arkansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Arkansas schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Pulaski County show that median household income is about $62,873, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 133 public schools in Pulaski County, which together enroll about 64,124 students.
The closest other public school is LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 29.0% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Mid-size.
The student count in 2024-25 was 328, 19% below the 407 of 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Other Terry Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Terry Elementary. TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Terry ElementarySelma, CA · 224 students
Nearby schools
- LISA ACADEMY WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 430
- LISA ACADEMY ARKANSAS HYBRID SCHOOL0.7 mi · 236
- LISA ACADEMY WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 575
- MCDERMOTT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 254
- FULBRIGHT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 485
- BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 309
Frequently asked questions
About TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-05.
Is TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 9% Hispanic, 74% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
TERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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