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Central Elementary School

Public Grades 3-7
354th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 495 Arkansas Middle Schools
Better than 28% of Arkansas middle schools
Summary

Central Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades 3-5 in Magnolia, Arkansas, with 545 students. The school is part of the Magnolia School District, which is ranked 191 out of 250 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Central Elementary School consistently underperforms the state average in all subject areas tested, including English Language Arts, Reading, Mathematics, and Science. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 24.6% of students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state average of 34.7%. The school's math proficiency rate of 35% is also well below the state's 38.7%. Additionally, Central Elementary School has a very high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 67.29% to 76.88% over the past few years, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

Interestingly, the nearby Taylor Elementary School, which is part of the Emerson-Taylor-Bradley School District, consistently outperforms Central Elementary and the state average in all subject areas, with proficiency rates often exceeding 50%. This suggests that the issues at Central Elementary are specific to the school itself, rather than just district-wide. Additionally, Central Elementary School's performance has been declining over the past decade, with its ranking dropping from 202 out of 466 Arkansas elementary schools in 2014-2015 to 354 out of 495 in 2024-2025, indicating a need for significant intervention and improvement efforts.

527
Students ?
16.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,069
Per pupil spending ?
99.2%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 456 East North Street
       Magnolia, AR  71753

(870) 234-4911

District: Magnolia School District


Students who attend Central Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Magnolia Middle School
High:    Magnolia High School
Racial breakdown:

African American:
54.5%
White:
32.4%
Hispanic:
5.9%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 57th percentile in 2015 → 28th in 2025
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Arkansas average (29% vs 36% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 29 percentile points since 2015
!Reading scores 10 pts below the Arkansas average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school29%
District avg28%
Arkansas avg36%
354th of 495
Arkansas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 28%▼ down 28 pts since 2015
From top 43% (2015) to bottom 28% (2025)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2Middle Schools in the Magnolia School District
191st of 250Magnolia School District among Arkansas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankArkansas percentileRating
202532.8354 of 49528.5%★☆☆☆☆
202436.7337 of 49732.2%★★☆☆☆
202336.7345 of 49229.9%★★☆☆☆
202234.6347 of 48728.7%★☆☆☆☆
202133.7357 of 49628.0%★☆☆☆☆
201936.5340 of 48830.3%★★☆☆☆
201839.9318 of 48033.8%★★☆☆☆
201736.8334 of 48531.1%★★☆☆☆
201640.6332 of 49432.8%★★☆☆☆
201552.8202 of 46656.7%★★★☆☆
201451.3266 of 47143.5%★★☆☆☆
201341.0337 of 47629.2%★☆☆☆☆
201233.4374 of 46820.1%★☆☆☆☆
201135.8356 of 47124.4%★☆☆☆☆
201031.4362 of 45720.8%★☆☆☆☆
200928.1354 of 44520.4%★☆☆☆☆
200818.9385 of 43912.3%★☆☆☆☆
200737.2319 of 44027.5%★☆☆☆☆
200641.1280 of 40230.3%★★☆☆☆
200548.9244 of 41140.6%★★☆☆☆
By subject vs Arkansas (2024-2025) ?
Mathematics35%-4 vs state
Science30%-8 vs state
Reading25%-10 vs state
English Language Arts25%-10 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 527 students attended Central Elementary School.

Central Elementary School ranks 354th of 495 Arkansas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Central Elementary School are 54% African American, 32% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Students who attend Central Elementary School usually go on to attend Magnolia Middle School


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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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