Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 436 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050900000636
WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7301 EVERGREEN STREET, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72207 · (501) 447-7100 · Pulaski County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- B-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
16.2:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
233 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 54% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
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ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
34.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -5.2pp since 2023
Math
38.3%
AR avg 38.9% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 38.3% |
| 2023-24 | 39.3% | 41.1% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 340 | 68.5% | 37.7% |
| TAYLOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITE HALL | 373 | 71.6% | 33.8% |
| NETTLETON STEAM INTERMEDIATE JONESBORO | 313 | 67.4% | 26.1% |
| HURRICANE CREEK ELEMENTARY BENTON | 435 | 58.9% | 46.1% |
| THEODORE JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONWAY | 491 | 65.0% | 33.9% |
| CRYSTAL HILL ELEMENTARY NORTH LITTLE ROCK | 499 | 59.9% | 27.8% |
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 WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Pulaski County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #211 of 461 | #15 of 63 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #235 of 465 ▼ 55 | #15 of 63 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #245 of 465 ▼ 64 | #19 of 63 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #353 of 531 | #43 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #240 of 480 | #34 of 65 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.7% | #102 of 480 | #18 of 65 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.5% | #301 of 513 | #45 of 69 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.0% | #34 of 311 | #9 of 42 |
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
340
-68 (-17%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 340 | 21 | 16.2:1 | 69% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 21 | 16.6:1 | 65% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 377 | 20 | 18.8:1 | 63% (237) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 26 | 15.7:1 | 61% (247) |
| 2017-18 | 486 | 27.4 | 17.8:1 | 20% (98) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 57% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 416 | 25 | 16.6:1 | 44% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 452 | 21 | 21.5:1 | 29% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 33 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school that serves part of LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 340 students in kindergarten through 5.
LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 40 schools with a combined 22,320 students. WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.
Roughly 55% of students at WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Black. Beyond that, enrollment is 24% White, 11% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 37%. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 21 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 16.2:1. That is close to the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 69% of enrollment. That tracks the 71% average for public schools in Pulaski County.
Measured against Arkansas public elementary schools, WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with Arkansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 3.4 points above predicted: 37.7% against 34.4%.
Among Pulaski County residents, the median household income is $62,873, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Besides WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Pulaski County has 132 other public schools.
The nearest public school is LITTLE ROCK HALL STEAM MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL, at about 0.4 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th among 8 schools close by.
Locale data from NCES put WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment has fallen by 68 students since 2020-21, to 340.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Pulaski County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
399,818
Census ACS
Median income
$62,873
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
133
64,124 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- LITTLE ROCK SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,045 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
- DON ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,035 students
- CHICOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 897 students
Other schools in LITTLE ROCK
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,567 students
- CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,371 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,387 students
- ARKANSAS VIRTUAL ACADEMY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,315 students
- DR. MARIAN G. LACEY K-8 ACADEMYElementary · 1,252 students
- PARKVIEW MAGNET HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,072 students
Nearby schools
- LITTLE ROCK HALL STEAM MAGNET HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 305
- LISA ACADEMY WEST HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 394
- BRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 309
- FOREST HEIGHTS STEM ACADEMY0.9 mi · 777
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 359
- FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 379
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
Is WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 24% White, 11% Hispanic, 55% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLIAMS MAGNET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LITTLE ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT in Pulaski County.
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