ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a tight-knit elementary campus in BENTON, Arkansas, operated by BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 340 students, covering grades K through 4.

Across the 8 schools in BENTON SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,806 students total), ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Saline County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 27.1%.

In the area at large, census data for Saline County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,046 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Saline County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,022 students), of which ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BENTON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.5%.

ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANGIE GRANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 26%, going from 460 students in 2018 to 340 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 58% to 47% over that span.

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