Mt. Vernon/enola Elem. School, Enola AR

Original Research by School Decision on Mt. Vernon/enola Elem. School

Mt. Vernon/Enola Elementary School serves kindergarten through sixth grade in the small rural community of Enola, Arkansas, in eastern Faulkner County. The school is part of the Mount Vernon-Enola School District, formed years ago through the consolidation of the Enola and Mount Vernon districts. The elementary campus itself sits in Enola, while the district’s high school, serving grades seven through twelve, is located in the nearby town of Mount Vernon, about a short drive away. Enola itself is a crossroads farming community, producing row crops and livestock, with residents commuting to Conway and Little Rock for work. The town has no downtown or commercial center to speak of; civic life revolves around its churches and the school.

For families living in Enola and the surrounding farm country, this is the neighborhood elementary school. The enrollment is relatively small for its grade band, with each grade from kindergarten through sixth containing roughly the same size of cohort. The student body is predominantly white, reflecting the demographics of the area. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price meals, which is consistent with the rural and agricultural economic base of the community. Data on the share of students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not available.

State testing results are available for math, English language arts, and science across grades three through six. The school’s overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades, when placed among the six public school districts in Faulkner County, falls below the midpoint of that group. In specific terms, performance in math shows some variation by grade, with one grade level where a slim majority of students met the state’s proficiency benchmark and another where a smaller share did. English language arts results across all tested grades show that fewer than half of students reached the proficient level. Science results are somewhat mixed, with one grade level where a larger share met proficiency and others where the share was lower. A parent may want to look into this further with the school to understand the specific instructional context and any work underway.

Because this is an elementary school serving only grades K-6, there is no graduation rate to report. Likewise, information about chronic absenteeism and discipline was not available in the data provided. No program offerings beyond the general curriculum were included in the data, so it is not possible to speak to any special academic pathways, arts programs, or extracurriculars available at this campus.

The building itself is a single elementary campus in a very rural setting. Enola’s population has remained small and stable, with no major new housing developments or commercial projects evident in public records. The district as a whole appears to have had no recent changes of lasting impact that surfaced in publicly available reports. For a family seeking a small, rural elementary school in a tight-knit agricultural community, this is a straightforward option. The trade-off is that academic outcomes, as measured by state assessments, are generally lower than those of many other district peers in Faulkner County, which a parent would want to weigh against the school’s other qualities.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 354%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 645%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 8 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 331%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 535%

School 35% · District 35%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 33%

even with state median

Science

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 46%

▲ 9 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 37%

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 38%

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 35%

▲ 2 pts above state median

This schoolMT. VERNON/ENOLA SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income57%27 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income17%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income53%Higher-income67%13 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income15%Higher-income43%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income67%32 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income57%Higher-income92%35 pp gap