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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 522 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 050568000285
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
308 SOUTH COLLEGE, EL DORADO, AR 71730 · (870) 864-5096 · Union County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% 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.
- 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
15.5:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
522 students
DISTRICT 74% · 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 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (137).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
26.4%
AR avg 34.9% . +6.1pp since 2023
Math
31.2%
AR avg 38.9% . +10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 26 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 up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.4% | 31.2% |
| 2023-24 | 20.3% | 20.4% |
% 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
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.4%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 580 | 90.0% | 22.5% |
| FOX MEADOW SCHOOL OF CREATIVE MEDIA JONESBORO | 440 | 86.6% | 19.0% |
| EAST SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAGNOLIA | 570 | 97.2% | N/A |
| MARION VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET SCHOOL WEST MEMPHIS | 762 | 85.8% | 12.5% |
| FAIRVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAMDEN | 523 | 99.4% | 14.7% |
| MARION MATH SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY MAGNET SCHOOL MARION | 654 | 81.8% | 19.6% |
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 YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #368 of 461 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #296 of 465 ▲ 82 | #4 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.4% | #334 of 465 ▲ 63 | #5 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #88 of 531 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #186 of 480 | #2 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #197 of 480 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #161 of 513 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #272 of 311 | 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
580
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 580 | 37.4 | 15.5:1 | 90% (522) |
| 2023-24 | 575 | 40.2 | 14.3:1 | 100% (574) |
| 2022-23 | 596 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 100% (595) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 100% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 42.3 | 14.4:1 | 27% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 83% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 618 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 70% (433) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 20 | 24.5:1 | 57% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 26 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in EL DORADO, Arkansas. There are 580 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 39% above the 418-student average for elementary schools in Arkansas.
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 6 schools that make up EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,921 students in total).
Black students are 64% of those enrolled at YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 22% White, 7% multiracial, and 7% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Black share of Union County's population at about 32%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 15.5 students per teacher, from 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 16.0:1 average for elementary schools in Arkansas. Lunch program data show 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 27 points above the 63% average for public schools in Union County.
Among Arkansas public elementary schools, YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.4% for YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 22.5%, 3.9 points below the prediction.
In the wider Union County area, median household income comes to about $55,259, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. Union County counts 15 public schools with about 6,933 students.
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles from BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 7 other public schools within five miles. YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 22.5% compares with 39.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Remote.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 567 to 580, a small change. The ratio was 13.2:1 in 2020-21 and 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,900
Census ACS
Median income
$55,259
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,933 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 581 students
- BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 540 students
- HUGH GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 508 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
Other schools in EL DORADO
- EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,235 students
- WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 581 students
- BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 540 students
- HUGH GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 508 students
- PARKERS CHAPEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 491 students
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
Nearby schools
- BARTON JR. HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 540
- HUGH GOODWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 508
- EL DORADO HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,235
- NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 477
- WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 581
- PARKERS CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL3.9 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 580 students in grades KG-04.
Is YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many teachers does YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 22% White, 7% Hispanic, 64% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
YOCUM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EL DORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.