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Schools in Pencil Bluff

Pencil Bluff’s public schools

Ouachita River School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pencil Bluff. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
40%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.1K
▼ 4% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
7.1
AR 12.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
454 students on the public path
In brief

Pencil Bluff’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Pencil Bluff’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Acorn Elementary School places highest (better than 53%); Oden Schools lowest (34%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Pencil Bluff, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC to B−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Ouachita River School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Ouachita River School DistrictGrades K–12 · 3 schools · 735 students · 7.1 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$13,092AR $13,585 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 39.9% · 456 students tested
Math33%
State average 38.3% · 456 students tested

Pencil Bluff vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Pencil Bluff’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Pencil Bluff—Ouachita River

Every school in Pencil Bluff

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Pencil Bluffin other towns
Acorn Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Mena
B−
321 students15:1Rate it →
Oden Schools
Grades K–12 · Mena
C
133 students5:1Rate it →

Questions about Pencil Bluff’s schools

Are Pencil Bluff’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Pencil Bluff. Ouachita River School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Pencil Bluff. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Pencil Bluff in?

Ouachita River School District.

Where do Pencil Bluff kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Acorn Elementary School and Oden Schools.

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What Pencil Bluff families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.