WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1895 RICE ST., in WALDRON, Arkansas, WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large primary school that instructs 648 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 55% above the state mean of about 418.

WALDRON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,493 students; WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian, 2% Native American.

In terms of school funding signals, WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 32.0%; this one delivers 27.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Scott County indicate median household income runs about $43,270, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Scott County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,244 students), of which WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WALDRON MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WALDRON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 31.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 728 students in 2018 compared to 648 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 78% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

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