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How has WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
599
Elementary
DISTRICT 612 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050001900046
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
850 HILL STREET, BATESVILLE, AR 72501 · (870) 793-9878 · Independence County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL599 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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
17.6:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
489 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
27.5%
AR avg 34.9% . -4.3pp since 2023
Math
31.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +8.0pp 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 31 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.5% | 31.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.8% | 23.4% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 599 | 81.6% | 29.8% |
| FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT SMITH | 582 | 80.6% | 33.3% |
| SONORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 604 | 74.8% | 31.6% |
| DARDANELLE PRIMARY SCHOOL DARDANELLE | 615 | 76.9% | 30.7% |
| KING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN BUREN | 437 | 86.3% | 22.1% |
| OAKLAND HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSSELLVILLE | 503 | 86.1% | 28.8% |
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 WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Independence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #298 of 461 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.4% | #292 of 465 ▲ 63 | #5 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #322 of 465 ▼ 61 | #5 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 599 | #76 of 531 | #3 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #350 of 480 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #112 of 480 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.6% | #192 of 513 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #42 of 138 | 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
599
+59 (+11%) vs 2020
+78% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 599 | 33.9 | 17.6:1 | 82% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 73% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 69% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 31 | 17.4:1 | 77% (416) |
| 2017-18 | 514 | 33.8 | 15.2:1 | 31% (161) |
| 2015-16 | 531 | 36 | 14.8:1 | 72% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 35 | 14.7:1 | 72% (370) |
| 2000-01 | 233 | 13 | 17.9:1 | 55% (127) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 21 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school based in BATESVILLE, Arkansas. It serves 599 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas average about 418 students.
The 5 schools of BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, including WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 3,513 students.
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 49%. The school is also 38% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. The White share of the county population is higher, at 84%. The chance that two students picked at random at WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.6:1, with 33.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Arkansas, the typical ratio is 16.0:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 82%. That is higher than the 66% average for public schools in Independence County.
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 35% of Arkansas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in Arkansas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 29.5%. WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 29.8%.
Among Independence County residents, median household income is about $56,609, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 14% of residents are in poverty. WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 public schools in Independence County, which together enroll about 6,855 students.
Nearby, BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER is about 2.4 miles away. WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 29.8% against a local average of 37.9%.
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Town: Remote in federal locale data.
The number of students grew from 540 to 599 over 4 years.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Independence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,175
Census ACS
Median income
$56,609
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
14
6,855 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTERHigh · 986 students
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 905 students
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTERMiddle · 690 students
- SULPHUR ROCK MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 333 students
Other schools in BATESVILLE
- BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTERHigh · 986 students
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 905 students
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTERMiddle · 690 students
- SULPHUR ROCK MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 333 students
- UACCB TECHNICAL CENTERHigh
Nearby schools
- BATESVILLE HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER2.4 mi · 986
- BATESVILLE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHARTER2.4 mi · 690
- EAGLE MOUNTAIN MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 905
- SOUTHSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.4 mi · 450
- SOUTHSIDE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.6 mi · 427
- SOUTHSIDE CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL5.6 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 599 students in grades KG-05.
Is WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.6:1 students per teacher at WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 49% White, 38% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WEST MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BATESVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.