VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in TEXARKANA, Arkansas, VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary school, run under TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 373 students across grades K through 5.

Within TEXARKANA SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 3,830 students, VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 80% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 13% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 16.0:1 average. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Miller County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 22.3%, the actual is 25.7%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Miller County put the typical household earns roughly $48,836 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Miller County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,217 students), VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF TEXARKANA, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 24.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 432 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 72% to 80% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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