Summary:
In zip code 72443, there is a single elementary school, Marmaduke Elementary School, serving grades Pre-K through 6th grade with 370 students in the Marmaduke area of Arkansas.
Marmaduke Elementary School is part of the Marmaduke School District, which holds a 2-star rating and ranks 144th out of 251 districts in Arkansas. The school itself has shown notable ranking volatility over the past three years, peaking at a 4-star rating (75th percentile) in 2023-2024 before dropping to 3 stars. Its strongest academic area is Mathematics, where overall proficiency (53.3%) significantly outperforms both the district (47.9%) and state (44.1%). The 6th grade class is particularly impressive, achieving 65.4% proficiency in Math and 61.6% in Science, far exceeding state averages. However, the school faces a clear challenge in Reading, where overall proficiency (38.6%) falls below the state average (40.4%), with 5th grade Reading proficiency at just 27.9%—a 13-point gap from the state.
Encouragingly, the school showed strong year-over-year improvement from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with proficiency increasing in every subject: Math jumped 12.4 percentage points, ELA rose 6.8 points, Reading improved 6.6 points, and Science gained 5.4 points. This upward trend suggests recent instructional changes may be taking effect. With a student-teacher ratio of 16.9 and per-student spending of $13,612, the school serves a population where 62.7% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. While the 5th grade slump in Reading represents a critical area for intervention, the school's overall STEM strengths and recent improvements make it a solid option for families in the area.
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