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Best Elementary Schools in Union County, AR

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Schools

2,935

Students

Districts

5-star school

Top rankedHugh Goodwin Elementary School37^th of 491 Arkansas elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Smackover Elementary School up 59 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Junction City Elementary School 12.2 students per teacher

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				ATLAS English Language Arts (2026)					ATLAS Reading (2026)					ATLAS Mathematics (2026)					ATLAS Science (2026)					Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ATLAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 6th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts All Grades	ATLAS Reading 3rd Grade	ATLAS Reading 4th Grade	ATLAS Reading 5th Grade	ATLAS Reading 6th Grade	ATLAS Reading All Grades	ATLAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 4th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 5th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 6th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics All Grades	ATLAS Science 3rd Grade	ATLAS Science 4th Grade	ATLAS Science 5th Grade	ATLAS Science 6th Grade	ATLAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Hugh Goodwin Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	201 East 5th	El Dorado	71730	Union County	El Dorado School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 864-5071	508	25	20.6		263 (51.8%)	164 (32.3%)	46 (9.1%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (5.7%)	87.4	37^th of 491 public elementary schools	92.5%		87.7	50^th of 495 public elementary schools	89.9%	13	61.5	59.8			60.7	58.3	54.6			56.5	68.8	74.3			71.5	59.4	57.7			58.6	$11,395	$1,403	$9,993
Northwest Elementary School	Public	K-4	1600 N College	El Dorado	71730	Union County	El Dorado School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 864-5078	477	29	16.3		136 (28.5%)	241 (50.5%)	61 (12.8%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	35 (7.3%)	45	281^st of 491 public elementary schools	42.8%		37.8	323^rd of 495 public elementary schools	34.7%	42	33.4	42.9			38.2	33.4	45.9			39.7	48.4	41.9			45.1	39.8	31.6			35.6	$12,938	$2,416	$10,522
Yocum Elementary School	Public	K-4	308 South College	El Dorado	71730	Union County	El Dorado School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 864-5096	580	37	15.4	90.0%	125 (21.6%)	371 (64.0%)	40 (6.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (7.1%)	15.8	440^th of 491 public elementary schools	10.4%		27.2	378^th of 495 public elementary schools	23.6%	62	15.0	27.2			21.4	15.9	27.3			21.8	23.4	34.9			29.3	20.9	25.8			23.4	$12,835	$1,761	$11,074
Junction City Elementary School	Public	K-6	200 West Holly Street	Junction City	71749	Union County	Junction City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 899-4043	356	29	12.2	68.5%	203 (57.0%)	132 (37.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	12 (3.4%)	30.7	372^nd of 491 public elementary schools	24.2%		29.4	371^st of 495 public elementary schools	25.1%	1	28.3	27.8	32.1	42.5	32.4	24.5	29.6	32.1	44.7	32.4	20.4	25.9	23.2	42.6	27.5	27.8	33.4	35.7	42.5	34.6	$14,817	$1,825	$12,992
Parkers Chapel Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	209 Parkers Chapel Road	El Dorado	71730	Union County	Parkers Chapel School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 862-4641	491	29	16.9	39.1%	401 (81.7%)	42 (8.6%)	20 (4.1%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.9%)	81.7	73^rd of 491 public elementary schools	85.1%		80.9	78^th of 495 public elementary schools	84.2%	5	60.7	56.3	48.3	46.1	52.9	59.0	56.3	48.2	49.2	53.3	57.4	45.3	74.1	72.3	62.1	70.5	53.1	56.9	66.1	61.7	$10,109	$992	$9,117
Smackover Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	701 Magnolia St.	Norphlet	71762	Union County	Smackover Norphlet School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 725-3601	523	29	17.8	56.4%	431 (82.4%)	60 (11.5%)	16 (3.1%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (2.7%)	66.6	160^th of 491 public elementary schools	67.4%		57.3	219^th of 495 public elementary schools	55.8%	59	46.1	51.7			49.1	54.0	51.7			52.8	35.5	60.9			49.1	46.0	47.1			46.6	$14,530	$2,519	$12,011

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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