Summary:
The Bauxite School District in Arkansas is home to a single elementary school, Pine Haven Elementary School, which serves students from Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade with a total enrollment of 753 students.
Pine Haven Elementary School presents a mixed picture of academic performance. The school shows a notable strength in Science, with 41.6% of students proficient, which is close to the state average of 44%. However, it struggles significantly in literacy, with only 31.1% proficient in Reading and 31.4% in English Language Arts, both well below state averages. Mathematics proficiency sits at 38.3%, also below the state average of 44.1%. A major concern is the school's declining state ranking, dropping from the 43rd percentile in 2023-2024 to the 32nd percentile in 2025-2026, resulting in a 2-star rating. The 4th grade class is a particular outlier, scoring dramatically lower than state averages in ELA and Reading by over 15 percentage points.
On a positive note, the school saw a significant 8.7 percentage point increase in Mathematics proficiency from the previous year, suggesting effective instructional changes in that subject. With a student-teacher ratio of 17.7:1 and per-student spending of $8,714, the school is not exceptionally under-resourced, indicating that performance issues may be more related to curriculum and instructional strategies, particularly in literacy. As the only elementary school in the district, its performance directly reflects the district's elementary-level outcomes, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to address the literacy gap and support the struggling 4th grade cohort.
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