THOMAS C BRUNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

THOMAS C BRUNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a close-knit primary school in WARREN, Arkansas, one of the schools within WARREN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 217 students spanning grades 4 through 5. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

Across the 4 schools in WARREN SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,440 students total), THOMAS C BRUNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, THOMAS C BRUNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is Black at 34%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 34% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bradley County as a whole is about 26% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 100% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THOMAS C BRUNSON 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 34.9%, a residual of +12.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bradley County) logs that median household income runs about $41,476, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Bradley County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,865 students), of which THOMAS C BRUNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WARREN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THOMAS C BRUNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 25.7%.

THOMAS C BRUNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THOMAS C BRUNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 18%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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