Summary:
Zip code 72366 is home to a single elementary school, Marvell-Elaine Elementary School, which serves 121 students from Pre-Kindergarten through 6th grade in the rural Marvell Elaine School District.
This school presents a stark paradox of resources versus results. While it boasts a very low student-teacher ratio of 11:1 and exceptionally high per-student spending of $23,598, its academic outcomes are critically low. Every student at the school qualifies for free or reduced lunch, indicating a 100% poverty rate. State test scores are dramatically below the Arkansas average across all subjects, with only 10.9% of students proficient in English Language Arts and a mere 5.4% proficient in Reading, compared to state averages of roughly 40%. The school's overall ranking has been volatile, landing in the bottom 3rd percentile of Arkansas elementary schools for the 2025-2026 school year.
There is one notable bright spot: 3rd graders achieved a 61.6% proficiency rate in Mathematics, significantly exceeding the state average. However, this success does not carry forward, as math proficiency plummets to 11.1% in 4th grade and remains low thereafter. Reading is a critical and systemic weakness, with 0% proficiency recorded for both 3rd and 6th graders. The data suggests that while the school has financial resources and small class sizes, the profound challenges of extreme poverty create significant barriers to academic achievement that require targeted, sustained interventions beyond these basic advantages.
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