Summary:
The Gosnell School District in Arkansas is home to one elementary school, Gosnell Elementary School, which serves 648 students in grades K-6 and has a high poverty rate with nearly 80% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch.
Gosnell Elementary School has experienced a significant decline in its state ranking over the past three years, dropping from a 4-star rating (75th percentile) in 2023-2024 to a 2-star rating (47th percentile) in 2025-2026. This downward trend is reflected in declining English Language Arts and Reading proficiency scores, which fell by about 5 percentage points year-over-year to 37.4% and 35.7% respectively—both below the state average. However, the school shows a notable strength in Mathematics, where overall proficiency stands at 51%, outperforming the state average of 44.1%. The most striking data point is the 6th grade math performance, where 71.2% of students are proficient—a remarkable 26 percentage points above the state average and far exceeding the school's own 4th and 5th grade math scores.
The school presents a mixed picture: while it excels in math, particularly at the 6th grade level, it struggles in literacy and science, where proficiency rates lag behind state averages. The student-teacher ratio is 15.1:1, and per-student spending is $12,181. The sharp contrast between strong math performance and declining reading scores suggests that the school may have an effective math program worth replicating, while literacy instruction, especially in the foundational 3rd and 4th grades, needs significant improvement to reverse the downward trend in overall rankings.
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