APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BENTONVILLE, Arkansas, APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized K-5 school, one of the schools within BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 497 students across grades K through 4.

APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 24 schools operated by BENTONVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 19,575 students overall.

In terms of who attends, APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 16.0:1, putting APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 20% of students at APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Benton County runs at roughly 37%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Arkansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 51.5%; actual is 70.4%, +19.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Benton County indicate median household earnings sit near $93,506, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Benton County's 88 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,071 students), APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WASHINGTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 59.0%.

APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an inner-city location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at APPLE GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 19%, going from 616 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment declined from 11% to 2% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.

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