Summary:
In zip code 71663, there is one elementary school, Portland Elementary School, serving grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5th in Portland, Arkansas, with 136 students and a high rate of economic disadvantage, as 75% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Portland Elementary School shows a notable strength in Mathematics, where 48.9% of students are proficient, outperforming the state average of 44.1% for the 2025-2026 school year. However, performance is inconsistent across grade levels, with 3rd graders achieving 61.1% proficiency in math compared to only 21.4% for 4th graders, suggesting a potential instructional gap at that grade. The school has also demonstrated significant year-over-year improvement, with English Language Arts proficiency jumping from 21.2% to 34.7% and Mathematics from 38.5% to 48.9% between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. Despite this progress, the school trails the state average in English Language Arts (34.7% vs. 39.4%), Reading (34.7% vs. 40.4%), and Science (34.7% vs. 44.0%).
The school is part of the Hamburg School District, which ranks 188th out of 251 districts in Arkansas (25th percentile, 1-star rating). Portland Elementary School itself has a consistent 2-star state ranking over three years, with a percentile rank fluctuating between 31 and 41. The school spends $13,613 per student, a relatively high amount, and has a student-teacher ratio of 17:1. The most pronounced challenge is a "4th grade slump," where 4th graders score significantly lower than 3rd graders across all subjects, particularly in math where the gap is nearly 40 percentage points, indicating a critical area for targeted intervention.
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