Summary:
In zip code 71837, there is one elementary school, Fouke Elementary School, serving grades Pre-Kindergarten through 5th grade with 514 students in the Fouke, Arkansas area.
Fouke Elementary School has consistently held a 2-star rating and a state percentile rank in the mid-30s over the last three years, indicating stable but below-average performance compared to other Arkansas elementary schools. The school shows a notable strength in Science, where its 40.2% proficiency rate is only 3.8 points behind the state average, its smallest gap in any subject. However, Reading is the weakest area, with the school trailing the state by 6 percentage points. A clear pattern emerges where 3rd graders perform closest to the state average, but performance declines significantly by 5th grade, particularly in Reading where the gap widens from 1.1 points behind in 3rd grade to 12.7 points behind in 5th grade. The school spends $13,026 per student, a significant amount that does not correlate with high academic performance, likely due to the high percentage of students from low-income families (68.09% free/reduced lunch).
Encouragingly, Fouke Elementary School demonstrated impressive year-over-year growth from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with English Language Arts proficiency jumping from 27.4% to 35.1% and Science rising from 31.5% to 40.2%. The school is part of the Fouke School District, which ranks 161 out of 251 districts in Arkansas. Interestingly, the elementary school outperformed its district in English Language Arts and Science but underperformed in Reading and Mathematics, suggesting the district's overall performance is influenced by other schools as well. With a student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1, families can expect a typical classroom environment, though the school faces challenges in closing achievement gaps as students progress through the upper elementary grades.
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