The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Math. The lowest is 37% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Mccrory Elementary School
McCrory Elementary School serves students from kindergarten through sixth grade in the small, rural Delta town of McCrory, Arkansas. The school is the elementary campus of the McCrory School District, and with the town covering a very compact area, the school sits within easy reach of the town’s commercial core and civic buildings. This is a school that fits families who want a small-town, community-rooted elementary experience in an agricultural setting.
The student body is predominantly white, with a much smaller share of Black students and very small numbers of Hispanic and multiracial students, reflecting the demographic makeup of Woodruff County. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a high-poverty context. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not available, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about how those populations are served.
On state assessments administered through Arkansas’s ATLAS system, the school’s performance shows a pattern worth examining by grade and subject. In math, proficiency rates rise as students move through the grades, with the lowest rate in third grade and the highest in sixth grade. In English language arts, the pattern is different: third grade has the lowest proficiency rate among the tested grades, while sixth graders perform markedly higher. Science results also vary, with fourth grade showing a stronger showing than third or fifth. Overall, when looking at the school’s collective proficiency across all tested subjects and grades, it places in the top quartile relative to the two districts in Woodruff County. This is a small comparison set, so the positioning should be understood in that context; it tells you the school is performing well compared to the only other district in the county, not against a broader statewide or regional group.
Because McCrory Elementary serves only kindergarten through sixth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school does not have the advanced course offerings or career pathways that a high school would. A parent looking at this school for the full K-12 arc would want to look at the district’s high school separately to understand what comes next.
The town of McCrory itself is a farming community whose economy revolves around rice, soybeans, and wheat, with a historic commercial district, a factory, and farm-services businesses as anchors. The population has been declining, and the closure of a major manufacturing plant a number of years ago was an economic loss. Granaries in the area are described as expanding, pointing to continued investment in agricultural infrastructure. Housing in the area is very affordable compared to state and national benchmarks, and the typical mortgage payment on a home would be low. A parent moving here should know that the town has no public library or public transit, and that daily life centers on the school, seasonal community events like MosquitoFest, and the surrounding farm country.
The district brief turned up no recent major changes, bond measures, or leadership shifts that would alter a family’s calculation. The school appears to be operating in a stable, if contracting, community context. For a family that values a very small, rural elementary school where the same students move through from kindergarten to sixth grade, and where the town and school are tightly intertwined, McCrory Elementary fits that description. The proficiency data shows notable variation by grade and subject, especially in the lower elementary years in reading and science, so a parent may want to discuss with the principal how the school supports students in those areas before they reach the stronger sixth-grade results.
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