Summary:
In zip code 71826, there is one elementary school, Bradley Elementary School, serving grades Kindergarten through 6th grade with 166 students in the town of Bradley, Arkansas.
Bradley Elementary School presents a complex picture for parents. The school is part of the high-performing Emerson Taylor Bradley School District, which ranks in the 82nd percentile statewide and earns 4 out of 5 stars. However, the school itself ranks in the 25th percentile of Arkansas elementary schools, earning just 1 star. This significant gap suggests that other schools in the district are performing much higher, pulling the district average up. On a positive note, the school showed remarkable year-over-year improvement from the 2024-2025 to the 2025-2026 school year, with English Language Arts proficiency nearly doubling from 16.5% to 32% and Mathematics jumping from 17.6% to 28%. Despite this progress, proficiency rates remain below state averages in all subjects, with Mathematics at 28% (state 44.1%) and Science at 33.3% (state 44%).
The school serves a high-poverty population, with 75.9% of students receiving free or reduced lunch. To address this, the district invests significant resources, including a very low student-teacher ratio of 9.7:1 and above-average per-student spending of $12,103. However, these resources have not yet translated into strong academic outcomes, indicating a need to evaluate curriculum and support systems. Grade-level analysis reveals specific challenges, particularly in 4th grade Reading (9.1% proficient) and 6th grade Math (22.7% proficient), while 3rd and 5th grades show relative strength. For parents, this school offers small class sizes and dedicated funding, but the academic performance, while improving, still lags behind state and district averages.
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