WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a big primary school in WALNUT RIDGE, Arkansas, run under LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 630 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 51% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in LAWRENCE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,067 students total), WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (90%) are White; the rest looks like 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Lawrence County as a whole.

On the resource side, WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 61% of students at WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lawrence County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.4%; this one delivers 27.5%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate the typical household earns roughly $44,882 per year, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 3,293 students).

Nearest neighbor: WALNUT RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 27.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALNUT RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 11%, going from 569 students in 2018 to 630 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.