Enrollment
289
Elementary
DISTRICT 275 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WOODLAWN SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051440001171
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6760 HWY. 63, RISON, AR 71665 · (870) 357-2211 · Cleveland County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL289 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- BTest 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
13.4:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
171 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 40 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 35% smaller than its 6th grade class (40).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WOODLAWN SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
33.3%
AR avg 34.9% . -9.1pp since 2023
Math
43.4%
AR avg 38.9% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 43.4% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 42.4% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 289 | 59.2% | 39.1% |
| VALLEY SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VALLEY SPRINGS | 315 | 63.5% | 51.1% |
| OUACHITA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DONALDSON | 280 | 57.9% | 49.5% |
| BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAY | 317 | 60.6% | 35.9% |
| NORFORK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORFORK | 273 | 60.8% | 48.3% |
| OZARK UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OZARK | 251 | 62.9% | 39.0% |
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 WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #197 of 461 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #180 of 465 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #257 of 465 ▼ 118 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 289 | #407 of 531 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #42 of 480 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.3% | #413 of 480 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.2% | #368 of 513 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #276 of 311 |
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
289
+18 (+7%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 234
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 289 | 21.6 | 13.4:1 | 59% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 21.7 | 14.4:1 | 47% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 19.4 | 15.4:1 | 51% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 271 | 18 | 15.1:1 | 57% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 301 | 20.8 | 14.5:1 | 24% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 50% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 283 | 17 | 16.6:1 | 42% (119) |
| 2000-01 | 308 | 21 | 14.7:1 | 20% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 234 | 14 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In RISON, Arkansas, WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. The school runs kindergarten through 6 and enrolls 289 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll about 418 students on average.
WOODLAWN SCHOOL DISTRICT (2 schools, 550 students) runs WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
White students account for 91% of the school's enrollment. It is also 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The diversity index for WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 21.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.4 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Arkansas have an average ratio of 16.0:1. The school reported 59% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
WOODLAWN 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 50% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.1% is 1.3 points above the 37.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Cleveland County, the median household earns about $54,794 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Cleveland County has 4 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within ten miles are 3 other public schools. WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Remote, meaning it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 289, from 271 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.1 to 13.4 over 4 years.
The WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cleveland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,453
Census ACS
Median income
$54,794
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
4
1,291 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RISON
- RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 427 students
- RISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 314 students
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 261 students
Other Woodlawn Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 11 states are named Woodlawn Elementary. WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 10th largest of the 13.
- WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSEBRING, FL · 834 students
- Woodlawn ElementaryWoodlawn, TN · 708 students
- Woodlawn ElementaryBaton Rouge, LA · 658 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolDanville, KY · 657 students
- Woodlawn Elementary SchoolWest Monroe, LA · 508 students
Nearby schools
- WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 261
- RISON HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 314
- RISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 427
- STAR CITY MIDDLE SCHOOL11.6 mi · 322
- STAR CITY HIGH SCHOOL11.6 mi · 459
- STAR CITY JIMMY BROWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 289 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.4:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WOODLAWN SCHOOL DISTRICT in Cleveland County.
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