Summary:
The Riverview School District in Arkansas is home to two elementary schools, Judsonia Elementary School and Kensett Elementary School, both serving grades PK through 6 with similar enrollments of around 300 students each.
Overall, Judsonia Elementary School stands out as the stronger performer, consistently earning a 2-star rating and leading in three out of four core subjects (English Language Arts, Reading, and Science) in the most recent shared testing year. It achieves these results while spending nearly the same per student ($13,533) and with a slightly higher student-teacher ratio (15.4:1) than Kensett Elementary School. However, Kensett Elementary School shows a notable strength in Mathematics, where it outperformed both Judsonia and the district average with a 33.1% proficiency rate. This is particularly impressive given that Kensett serves a student population with a significantly higher poverty rate (90.14% free/reduced lunch) compared to Judsonia (77.2%). Both schools face challenges, consistently scoring below the state average in most subjects, with the largest gap in English Language Arts.
A key finding is the grade-level volatility at Kensett Elementary School, where 4th graders experienced a sharp drop in English Language Arts proficiency (14.3%) compared to 3rd graders (36.9%), suggesting a need for targeted intervention at that grade. Meanwhile, Judsonia Elementary School showed a strong "bounce back" in Science for 6th graders in the 2025-2026 school year, reaching 46.8% proficiency—well above the state average. The district's 2-star rating reflects a systemic need for improvement, particularly in literacy instruction, but Kensett's success in math despite higher poverty rates offers a promising strategy that could be shared across the district.
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