Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 249 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (CLEBURNE)·NCES 051404001146
WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7295 GREERS FERRY ROAD, GREERS FERRY, AR 72067 · (501) 825-7744 · Cleburne County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
284 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 70%
Community
0
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 | 34 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 34 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 15% larger than its 6th grade class (34).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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
WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
48.9%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
48.1%
AR avg 38.9% . +14.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 48.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 33.8% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AR schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
43.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.7%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 23% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Arkansas's top 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 SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 284 | 100.0% | 43.3% |
| MAMMOTH SPRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAMMOTH SPRING AR | 274 | 100.0% | 39.3% |
| MIDLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLORAL | 291 | 100.0% | 27.5% |
| JASPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JASPER | 281 | 98.9% | 41.4% |
| MARSHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARSHALL | 284 | 98.9% | 44.6% |
| IZARD COUNTY CONSOLIDATED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VIOLET HILL | 286 | 99.0% | 30.4% |
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 SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #142 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #141 of 465 ▲ 110 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #90 of 465 ▲ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #414 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #51 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.8% | #468 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #79 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.7% | #69 of 138 |
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
284
+56 (+25%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 255
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 284 | 20.8 | 13.6:1 | 100% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 290 | 21.8 | 13.3:1 | 100% (290) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 20.6 | 14.0:1 | 100% (288) |
| 2020-21 | 228 | 23 | 9.9:1 | 100% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 259 | 17.8 | 14.5:1 | 65% (168) |
| 2015-16 | 241 | 18 | 13.4:1 | 75% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 22 | 11.4:1 | 62% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 299 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 47% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 255 | 16 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school with an address in GREERS FERRY, Arkansas. The school serves 284 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Arkansas is roughly 418 students; this school is 32% smaller than that.
WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne), which runs WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, has 2 schools and 497 students.
At WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 96% of the student body. The school is also 2% Hispanic. That is close to the 94% White share among all Cleburne County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 7%.
Teachers at the school number 20.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.6:1. The 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas is higher than this school's figure. Roughly 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Cleburne County average 59%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 22.7%. It actually posts 43.3%, which is 20.6 points higher and in the top 10% of Arkansas schools.
Within Cleburne County, median household income is about $55,798, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Federal data list 10 public schools in Cleburne County, with a combined enrollment of about 3,434.
The nearest public school is WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL, at less than a tenth of a mile. WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 6 other public schools within ten miles. The school's 43.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 9 nearby schools.
Federal data place WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 228 to 284. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 9.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.6:1.
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Cleburne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
25,226
Census ACS
Median income
$55,798
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,434 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne)
- WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 213 students
Other West Side Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 11 states are named West Side Elementary. WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 9th largest of the 14.
- West Side Elementary SchoolMarietta, GA · 556 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolRossville, GA · 471 students
- West Side ElementaryPicayune, MS · 444 students
- West Side ElementaryElkhorn, WI · 406 students
- West Side Elementary SchoolJACKSONVILLE, TX · 381 students
Nearby schools
- WEST SIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 213
- HEBER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.2 mi · 743
- HEBER SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL9.2 mi · 483
- HEBER SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL9.3 mi · 391
- SHIRLEY HIGH SCHOOL9.7 mi · 110
- SHIRLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.8 mi · 169
Frequently asked questions
About WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 284 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WEST SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Cleburne) in Cleburne County.
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