Summary:
In zip code 72444, there is only one elementary school, Maynard Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 6 in the Maynard, Arkansas area and faces extreme socioeconomic challenges with 99.12% of its 341 students eligible for free or reduced lunch.
Maynard Elementary School is part of the Maynard School District, which holds a 3-star rating and ranks 110th out of 251 districts in Arkansas. The school itself has a 1-star rating, ranking 368th out of 491 elementary schools statewide, and its state ranking has declined from the 31st percentile in 2024-2025 to the 25th percentile in 2025-2026. The most notable finding is a dramatic 14.3 percentage point increase in Mathematics proficiency, rising from 25% to 39.3% year-over-year, with 5th-grade math (53.5%) actually outperforming the state average. However, this success is not mirrored in literacy, as Reading scores dropped 2.9 points to 27.2% and English Language Arts fell 1.3 points to 28.3%, both well below state averages. Science scores improved slightly to 34.7% proficient.
The school operates with a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1 and spends $11,835 per student, which is not exceptionally high given its poverty level. The stark contrast between the district's 3-star rating and the school's 1-star rating suggests that the district's middle or high school may be performing much better, making the elementary school the weakest link. For parents, this means Maynard Elementary School has shown a remarkable ability to improve math instruction despite limited resources, but literacy skills need urgent attention, especially for 6th graders who scored just 19.6% in ELA and 21.7% in Reading.
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