A small rural elementary school in Bigelow, Arkansas has developed the Levelized Educational Advancement Program (LEAP) to offset diminished financial resources, limited classroom space, and reduction in professional staff. The program provides individualized basic education for 116 students in grades 4, 5, and 6, and provides daily enrichment opportunities using community resource persons as substitutes for educational opportunities more readily available in urban areas. School staff recruit community members who have talents in arts and crafts or who know local history, customs, geography, and nature. Nearby federal and state agencies and private organizations also participate. Five classroom teachers conduct the program with goals to fulfill student needs, raise test scores, and satisfy class size requirements. The students are divided into five 1-hour instructional groups of approximately 24 students for reading, mathematics, science, social studies, and language arts. Assignments are made according to student abilities rather than grade placement. Instructional time is divided into five equal parts so that each group rotates through the schedule with an additional hour for special activities. Program evaluation includes informal comments of parents, teachers, students, and school board members, discussions between professional staff and principal, and formal evaluation by members of a nearby university. (LFL)