Elementary Schools in Watson Chapel School District

Summary:

The Watson Chapel School District in Arkansas is home to two elementary schools: Coleman Elementary School and Edgewood Elementary School. Both schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade and face significant challenges in academic performance compared to state averages.

Neither Coleman Elementary nor Edgewood Elementary stand out as high-performing schools. Both institutions have consistently low proficiency rates in English Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, and Science, with scores well below the state of Arkansas averages. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 13.9% of students at Coleman Elementary were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 34.7%.

The schools in the Watson Chapel School District also face significant economic challenges, with both Coleman Elementary and Edgewood Elementary having extremely high rates of free and reduced lunch recipients, at 100% and 98.22% respectively. This high level of economic disadvantage among the student populations likely contributes to the low academic performance observed across the district.

District Detail

4100 Camden Road
Pine Bluff, AR 71603

(870) 879-0220

SchoolDigger Rank:
245^th of 250 Arkansas districts

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Grades served: K-12
Students: 1,552

Primary Schools: 2
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				ATLAS English Language Arts (2025)				ATLAS Reading (2025)				ATLAS Mathematics (2025)				ATLAS Science (2025)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	ATLAS English Language Arts 3rd Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 4th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts 5th Grade	ATLAS English Language Arts All Grades	ATLAS Reading 3rd Grade	ATLAS Reading 4th Grade	ATLAS Reading 5th Grade	ATLAS Reading All Grades	ATLAS Mathematics 3rd Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 4th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics 5th Grade	ATLAS Mathematics All Grades	ATLAS Science 3rd Grade	ATLAS Science 4th Grade	ATLAS Science 5th Grade	ATLAS Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Coleman Elementary School	Public	2-5	4600 West 13th	Pine Bluff	71603	Jefferson County	Watson Chapel School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 879-3697	426	31	13.8	79.8%	44 (10.3%)	366 (85.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.6%)	8.7	474^th of 495 public elementary schools	4.2%		20	427^th of 497 public elementary schools	14.1%	47	13.1	14.0	14.8	13.9	13.1	15.0	18.3	15.6	12.2	15.0	12.2	13.0	6.0	14.0	10.4	10.0	$12,336	$1,756	$10,580
Edgewood Elementary School	Public	K-1	4100 West 32nd	Pine Bluff	71603	Jefferson County	Watson Chapel School District	No	No	No	Yes	(870) 879-1252	199	15	13.5	78.4%	24 (12.1%)	168 (84.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.0%)								(n/a)																	$13,689	$1,836	$11,853

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Arkansas Correctional Schools	1.66 mi	1
Dollarway School District	1.69 mi	3
Pine Bluff School District	1.7 mi	9	246^th
Jefferson Area Career Center	2.45 mi	1
Friendship Aspire Academies Arkansas	2.56 mi	7	209^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Arkansas Division of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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