Summary:
The Waldron School District is served by a single elementary school, Waldron Elementary School, which educates students from Pre-Kindergarten through 4th grade in a rural Arkansas community where 73% of students are economically disadvantaged.
Waldron Elementary School shows a promising upward trend, improving its state ranking from the 26th percentile (1 star) in 2024-2025 to the 30th percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026. The school demonstrated strong year-over-year academic gains across all subjects, with the most significant improvements in Science (+8.3 percentage points) and English Language Arts (+8.2 percentage points). Science is the school's standout subject, with 41.1% of students proficient in 2025-2026, outperforming the district average of 38.5% and coming within 2.5 percentage points of the state average in 4th grade. However, the school still trails state averages in all subjects, with the largest gaps in Mathematics (30.0% proficiency vs. 44.1% statewide) and Reading (32.2% vs. 40.4% statewide).
A notable finding is that while Waldron Elementary School is the only elementary school in the district, its Mathematics proficiency (30.0%) is actually lower than the district's overall Math score (36.1%), suggesting that the district's middle and high schools are pulling up the average. With a student-teacher ratio of 17.3:1 and spending of $14,018 per student, the school serves a high-need population and is showing measurable improvement, making it a school to watch for continued progress in closing achievement gaps.
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