Arnold Drive Elementary School

Excellent atmosphere and impressive staff. My child attended from Kindergarten through Fifth grade. High expectations from teachers, poor substitutes was a consistant concern but the staff more than made up for the limitations of fill-in instructors. Blue Ribbon school for test preparation but with home studies incorporated into our family structure the concepts tought in school to pass the test were solidified.
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ADES has been named one of the best Elementary schools in the COUNTRY. Both my kids came up through ADES starting in 1998-2007 with no problems. I am on campus every week and I know that the teachers are awesome. I think the complainers were isolated incidents and are looking for a sounding board, The staff at ADES are Unsung heros!
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I have been happy with this school. the teachers really care as well as the rest of the staff. it will be hard to move on to middle school. i love the fact that the school is on the base, very safe. If you are coming to LRAFB i recommend that you try to get a house on this side of base. my son walks to school everyday.
--Submitted by a parent

Absolutely, one of the BEST schools in the state! Great teachers, principal, and PTO. We will truly miss them all as we move on next year. I highly recommend this school to anyone coming to LRAFB.
--Submitted by a parent

Arnold Drive has great students, parents and teachers who really care about each other. Test scores show that we are ranked number 4 in the state. We are a small school but big in spirit.

Parental support, community environment, parents, kids and staff are all wonderful at Arnold Drive Elementary.
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My kid attended this school last year and we really liked it. The teachers and office staff were very caring and they wanted what was best for the kids. My kids came in durning the middle of the school year and the teachers tired very hard to make them feel welcome and to catch them up with the class. I have looked at other schools in Jacksonville and this is by far the best.
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I run a military child's organization for the base and the school districts in cabot. I cannot tell you how wonderful ADES is. They have worked with me to help the organization for the military children grow, they have worked with me to help start the first Month of the Military Child Fair on LRAFB, they have been actively involved with all the children's activites and ADES was rated the TOP (let me repeat) the TOP school in the district for Reading and Math and received several awards this past year. The school does not turn down special needs children on purpose, they DISTRICT does not equip the school with the appropriate training or facilities for special needs, Pulaski County is horrible, but this school works VERY hard to help the children and the parents.
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My child attended this school from k-3 grade. What a great experience. All of his teachers supported his learning and encouraged him to always to his best. My child has a lot of positive experiences from his time here at Arnold Drive. The only reason my child does not attend now, is we moved out of state.
--Submitted by a parent

If you are relocating to LRAFB. Plan to budget for a private school. Unless you need a Military Academy for your little ones. This school is an Arkansas State Test Prepartory School, ONLY. The school-to-parent communication is very poor. The school lacks positive nurturing of students. If you must live on base don't be fooled put you child in a private school .
--Submitted by a parent