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Enrollment
648
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051368001120
WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1895 RICE ST., WALDRON, AR 72958 · (479) 637-2454 · Scott County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL648 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
17.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
474 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 70%
Community
6
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 | 139 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 28% smaller than its 4th grade class (115).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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 WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
27.6%
AR avg 34.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
25.5%
AR avg 38.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.6% | 25.5% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 20.6% |
% 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
28.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.6%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (28.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 648 | 73.1% | 28.0% |
| LAKE HAMILTON INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL PEARCY | 566 | 70.5% | 47.9% |
| LAKE HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEARCY | 555 | 74.1% | 44.4% |
| LAKE HAMILTON PRIMARY SCHOOL PEARCY | 619 | 70.0% | N/A |
| HUNTSVILLE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HUNTSVILLE | 479 | 73.5% | 28.8% |
| POCAHONTAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POCAHONTAS | 703 | 74.5% | 30.6% |
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 WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #322 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.5% | #344 of 465 ▲ 33 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #321 of 465 ▼ 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 648 | #51 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #325 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #289 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.1% | #262 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #187 of 311 |
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
648
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 631
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 648 | 37.4 | 17.3:1 | 73% (474) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 38.5 | 13.3:1 | 95% (486) |
| 2022-23 | 661 | 37.5 | 17.6:1 | 75% (495) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 79% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 728 | 48.9 | 14.9:1 | 40% (289) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 81% (576) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | 39 | 19.7:1 | 78% (596) |
| 2000-01 | 637 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 60% (381) |
| 1990-91 | 631 | 38 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in WALDRON, Arkansas. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 648 students. That compares with an average of about 418 students for elementary schools in Arkansas.
WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 4 schools that make up WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,493 students in total).
Federal enrollment data show WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 78% White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian, and 2% Native American. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 37, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas, 16.0:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 73%. That is in line with the 70% average for public schools in Scott County.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 25%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 28.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 32.6%.
Scott County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $43,270, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Scott County's 7 public schools enroll about 2,244 students and include WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About 0.1 miles separate WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 28.0% against a local average of 24.8%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Rural: Remote.
A 4% decline took enrollment from 672 in 2020-21 to 648 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.3:1) than in 2020-21 (15.3:1).
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Scott County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,816
Census ACS
Median income
$43,270
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
13%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
2,244 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 409 students
- WALDRON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 401 students
- ADVENTURE ONLINE ACADEMYCombined · 35 students
Other schools in WALDRON
- WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 409 students
- WALDRON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 401 students
- ADVENTURE ONLINE ACADEMYCombined · 35 students
Other Waldron Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Waldron Elementary. WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Waldron Elementary SchoolWaldron, IN · 298 students
Nearby schools
- WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 409
- WALDRON HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 401
- ADVENTURE ONLINE ACADEMY0.8 mi · 35
- ARKANSAS CONSOLIDATED HIGH SCHOOL-MANSFIELD11.0 mi · 36
- MANSFIELD HIGH SCHOOL13.1 mi · 214
- MANSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.2 mi · 278
Frequently asked questions
About WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 648 students in grades PK-04.
Is WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.3:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 78% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.