Enrollment
157
Elementary
DISTRICT 149 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050004101312
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
300 NORTH GRAND AVE, BELLEVILLE, AR 72824 · (479) 493-4100 · Yell County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL157 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.0:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
154 students
DISTRICT 98% · 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 | 27 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (22).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
29.1%
AR avg 34.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
27.8%
AR avg 38.9% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 27.8% |
| 2023-24 | 28.6% | 28.6% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 157 | 98.1% | 31.3% |
| COSSATOT RIVER PRIMARY SCHOOL VANDERVOORT | 170 | 98.2% | N/A |
| WEINER ELEMENTARY WEINER | 126 | 97.6% | 47.5% |
| MARVIN PRIMARY SCHOOL MULBERRY | 185 | 100.0% | 31.0% |
| WOODROW WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARAGOULD | 233 | 100.0% | 39.6% |
| TRUMANN PREK AND PARENT CENTER TRUMANN | 97 | 96.9% | N/A |
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 WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #282 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #322 of 465 ▼ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #300 of 465 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 157 | #502 of 531 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #135 of 513 |
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
157
-33 (-17%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 216
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 157 | 14.3 | 11.0:1 | 98% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 139 | 14.3 | 9.7:1 | 98% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 15.7 | 11.4:1 | 92% (166) |
| 2020-21 | 190 | 14 | 13.6:1 | 93% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 196 | 16 | 12.3:1 | 55% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 223 | 17 | 13.1:1 | 85% (189) |
| 2010-11 | 262 | 23 | 11.4:1 | 82% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 273 | 19 | 14.4:1 | 60% (163) |
| 1990-91 | 216 | 16 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in BELLEVILLE, Arkansas. In all, 157 students attend the school in pre-K through 6. The school is 62% below the average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 2 schools and 298 students.
White students account for 80% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 15% Hispanic and 4% Asian. Among Yell County residents, the White share is about 78%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 33, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 14.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.0:1. Across elementary schools in Arkansas, the average ratio is 16.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 98%. The average for public schools in Yell County is 79%.
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 23.4% for a school in Arkansas with WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 31.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Yell County show that median household income comes to about $55,934, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Yell County counts 12 public schools with about 3,945 students.
DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 4.2 miles from WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 5 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 30.7% proficiency; WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 31.3%.
The NCES locale for WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Remote, which covers schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 33 students, from 190 to 157. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.6:1 to 11.0:1.
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Yell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,134
Census ACS
Median income
$55,934
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
3,945 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 141 students
Nearby schools
- DANVILLE LOWER MIDDLE SCHOOL4.2 mi · 118
- S.C. TUCKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 328
- DANVILLE HIGH SCHOOL4.2 mi · 252
- DANVILLE UPPER MIDDLE SCHOOL4.2 mi · 126
- WESTERN YELL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL4.6 mi · 141
- TWO RIVERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.3 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 157 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 14 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 80% White, 15% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WESTERN YELL COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WESTERN YELL COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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