Elementary · Arkansas

Central Elementary School

Free meals for all

Central Elementary School, a public elementary school in Forrest City, Arkansas: grades pre-k–2, 713 students, 28.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Forrest City School District.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 713
Teachers (FTE): 25.0
Students per teacher: 28.5
Grades: Pre-K–2; Elementary

More students per teacher than 100% of elementary schools in Arkansas

Median 15.9 · 516 schools compared

More students per teacher than 99% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 94% of elementary schools in Arkansas

Median 416 · 516 schools compared

Larger than 90% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–2
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant town
Run by: Forrest City School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Forrest City School District.

Location

Address: 801 Deaderick Road, Forrest City, AR 72335
Phone: (870)633-2141
City or town: Forrest City
County: St. Francis County

Website Quality of life in Forrest City Schools in Forrest City

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Stewart Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	3–5	400	18.2	1.3 mi
Palestine-Wheatley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	448	15.0	7.3 mi
Wynne Intermediate School	3–5	510	16.8	14.1 mi
Wynne Primary School	K–2	588	15.0	14.2 mi
Anna Strong Learning AcademyFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	417	16.1	18.1 mi
C.B. Partee Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–6	262	12.6	24.9 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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NCES 050627001425