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Alumni: what's one memory from THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 320 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050002600872
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
801 EAST 34TH AVE, PINE BLUFF, AR 71602 · (870) 543-4392 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
399 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
1
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 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 12% smaller than its 6th grade class (68).
Student demographics
17%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
Based on grade levels within PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
11.4%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
Math
8.7%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 9 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 11.4% | 8.7% |
| 2023-24 | 14.2% | 9.1% |
% 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
10.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 10% 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 THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (10.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 399 | 100.0% | 10.0% |
| STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORREST CITY | 400 | 100.0% | 20.1% |
| DR MARTIN LUTHER KING JR LEADERSHIP & LANGUAGE MAGNET ACAD LITTLE ROCK | 414 | 99.3% | 11.3% |
| MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BLUFF | 367 | 100.0% | 11.4% |
| MADDUX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 402 | 100.0% | 12.1% |
| ANNA STRONG LEARNING ACADEMY MARIANNA | 417 | 99.8% | 17.9% |
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 THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #447 of 461 | #10 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.7% | #458 of 465 ▼ 10 | #10 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #447 of 465 ▼ 17 | #10 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #280 of 531 | #4 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #340 of 480 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.9% | #410 of 480 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #9 of 513 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #216 of 311 | N/A |
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
399
-77 (-16%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 399 | 22.7 | 17.6:1 | 100% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 24.2 | 16.6:1 | 100% (403) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 27.7 | 14.3:1 | 100% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 476 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 100% (476) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 29.2 | 15.0:1 | 36% (160) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 100% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 406 | 25 | 16.2:1 | 88% (356) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 23 | 15.2:1 | 82% (287) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 22 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in PINE BLUFF, Arkansas. The school offers kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 399 students.
PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 2,896 students, and its 7 schools include THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Black students are 91% of those enrolled at THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 5% multiracial and 2% White. That compares with about 57% Black among all Jefferson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
Based on 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 17.6:1. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 16.0:1. Income data for the school show 100% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Jefferson County, the school's rate is higher.
In Arkansas, THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 10.0% actual against a predicted 22.7%.
For the population of Jefferson County, median household income comes to about $51,096, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Jefferson County counts 28 public schools with about 8,520 students.
FORREST PARK GREENVILLE PRESCHOOL is about 1.5 miles from THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th among 7 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Distant.
Enrollment decreased 16% over 4 years, reaching 399 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
64,802
Census ACS
Median income
$51,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
8,520 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 688 students
- PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 610 students
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 345 students
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 283 students
- FORREST PARK GREENVILLE PRESCHOOLElementary · 204 students
Other schools in PINE BLUFF
- PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 688 students
- PINE BLUFF JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 610 students
- WATSON CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 593 students
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFFElementary · 469 students
- COLEMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- MATTHEWS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
Nearby schools
- FORREST PARK GREENVILLE PRESCHOOL1.5 mi · 204
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY HAZEL ST PINE BLUFF1.7 mi · 469
- BROADMOOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 283
- PINE BLUFF HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 688
- FRIENDSHIP ASPIRE ACADEMY DOWNTOWN PINE BLUFF2.0 mi · 245
- SOUTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.6:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 2% White, 2% Hispanic, 91% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THIRTY-FOURTH STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by PINE BLUFF SCHOOL DISTRICT in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.