MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in MONTICELLO, Arkansas, MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 408 students from grades pre-K through 2, part of MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by MONTICELLO SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,602 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. By comparison, Drew County as a whole is about 65% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 70% of students at MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Drew County (around 79%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Drew County) logs that median household income runs about $42,824, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Drew County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,874 students), of which MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MONTICELLO MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MONTICELLO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 16%, going from 486 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025.

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