📍 1707 Highland, Pocahontas, Randolph County, 72455
Alma Spikes Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Pocahontas, Randolph County. The school has 645 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pocahontas School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–3 in a small-town setting. The school employs 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
Alma Spikes Elementary School enrolls 645 students across grades Pre-K–3. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 11% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander and 4.8% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 508 | 79% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 70 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 4.8% |
| Two or more races | 29 | 4.5% |
| Black or African American | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
430 of the school's 645 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alma Spikes Elementary School is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district VT-10.
Alma Spikes Elementary School is one of 4 schools in POCAHONTAS SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in POCAHONTAS, Arkansas. The district serves 1,971 students district-wide and employs 188 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 645 students, Alma Spikes Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 493 students per school.
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