NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in NEWPORT, Arkansas, NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a roomy K-5 school, one of the schools within NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 691 students across grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 65% above the typical public school in Arkansas, which averages around 418 students.

NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by NEWPORT SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 845 students overall.

On demographics, NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 13% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jackson County (around 58%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.3%; actual is 25.0%, a gap of -18.3 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $44,218, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jackson County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,790 students), of which NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NEWPORT JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 2.6 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEWPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 715 students in 2018 compared to 691 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 40% to 25% across the same window.

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