Summary
Peake Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades 3-5 in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, with 396 students. The school is part of the Arkadelphia School District, which is ranked 150 out of 250 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger. Peake Elementary has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of Arkansas elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a ranking between 184 and 358 out of around 500 schools.
Peake Elementary consistently underperforms the state and district averages on standardized tests across all subjects and grade levels. For example, in 2024-2025, only 33.7% of Peake students were proficient or better in English Language Arts and Math, compared to 34.7% and 38.7% statewide, respectively. The school also has a very high percentage of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 60.93% to 66.92% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, Peake Elementary's spending per student, at $9,441 in 2018-2019, is lower than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio has ranged from 14.3 to 16.9, slightly higher than the recommended ratio.
Interestingly, the nearby Louisa Perritt Primary School, also in the Arkadelphia School District, outperforms Peake Elementary on test scores and has a slightly lower student-teacher ratio, despite having a higher percentage of free/reduced lunch students. Additionally, the Ouachita Elementary School, part of the Ouachita School District, consistently outperforms Peake on test scores, has a lower percentage of free/reduced lunch students, and spends less per student, suggesting that factors beyond just funding and demographics may be contributing to Peake's underperformance.
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