Summary:
The Piggott School District in Arkansas is served by a single elementary school, Piggott Elementary School, which educates 484 students from Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade.
Piggott Elementary School presents a mixed picture of academic performance. The school's greatest strength is in Reading and English Language Arts (ELA), where it outperforms the state average (43% vs. 40.4% in Reading, and 42.1% vs. 39.4% in ELA for the 2025-2026 school year). However, Mathematics is a significant weakness, with only 33.7% of students proficient compared to the state average of 44.1%—a gap of over 10 percentage points. This math challenge is most acute in the lower grades; for example, only 24.5% of 3rd graders and 23.7% of 4th graders were proficient in math, versus state averages of 45.5% and 47%, respectively. In contrast, the school's upper elementary grades (5th and 6th) are strong performers, exceeding state averages in Reading and ELA. The school has shown impressive year-over-year improvement in ELA, Reading, and Science from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, but math proficiency actually declined during that same period, making it the school's most pressing area for intervention.
With a student-teacher ratio of 14.2:1 and per-student spending of $11,759, the school operates with moderate resources. Only 29.75% of students are economically disadvantaged, which is relatively low for Arkansas. The school's state ranking has been on a positive upward trend, moving from the 36th percentile to the 48th percentile over the last three years, and it currently holds a 2-star rating. For parents, this means the school offers a solid foundation in reading and ELA, particularly for older students, but families should be aware of the significant math challenges in the early grades and the school's ongoing efforts to address them.
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