Summary:
Conway School District has two elementary schools serving grades K–5 in a grade-span arrangement: Pine Tree Primary School serves grades K–2, while Conway Intermediate School serves grades 3–5. Together, they enroll 461 students, with 210 at Pine Tree and 251 at Conway Intermediate.
For families comparing the schools, Pine Tree Primary has the more favorable student-teacher ratio at 9.5:1, compared with 12.5:1 at Conway Intermediate. Pine Tree also reports a lower free- or reduced-price lunch participation rate, 40.0% versus 45.82% at Conway Intermediate. These figures provide useful context about staffing and student needs, but they do not by themselves measure instructional quality or student achievement. The district-level ranking is 127th out of 166, in the 23rd percentile, with one star; this ranking should be viewed as broad district context rather than a separate rating for each school.
Achievement data is available only for Conway Intermediate, so direct academic comparisons between the two schools are not possible. At Conway Intermediate, mathematics is the relative strength: 42% of students are proficient, five points above the district result and close to the state result of 44%. Reading proficiency is 43%, five points below the district and 12 points below the state, with fourth-grade reading the clearest concern at 34% proficient. Fifth grade shows the strongest results, including 55% reading proficiency and 44% mathematics proficiency. Science is the weakest reported subject at 28%, ten points below the state. Parents may want to ask about fourth-grade literacy support, science instruction, and the transition from Pine Tree to Conway Intermediate.
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