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ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 54 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 36% smaller than its 6th grade class (85).
School pathway
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.7% | 28.6% |
| 2023-24 | 54.4% | 37.5% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Arkansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Arkansas's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY this school | 523 | 43.8% | 46.3% |
| JIM D ROLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF INNOVATION SPRINGDALE | 570 | 37.2% | 45.2% |
| BUTTERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 567 | 47.3% | 52.2% |
| BERNICE YOUNG ELEMENTARY SPRINGDALE | 536 | 36.9% | 52.9% |
| HAPPY HOLLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FAYETTEVILLE | 521 | 47.0% | 50.4% |
| EAST END INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL LITTLE ROCK | 416 | 46.2% | 39.3% |
Where ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #110 of 461 | #23 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #313 of 465 ▼ 95 | #39 of 39 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #84 of 465 ▼ 45 | #21 of 39 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #124 of 531 | #19 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #57 of 480 | #4 of 44 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #188 of 480 | #26 of 44 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.8% | #455 of 513 | #23 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #243 of 311 | #23 of 26 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 523 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 44% (229) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 33 | 16.8:1 | 43% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 550 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 42% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 40 | 14.2:1 | 20% (112) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 41.7 | 13.5:1 | 19% (105) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 43 | 12.4:1 | 39% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 29% (152) |
About ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY is a mid-sized elementary school in ROGERS, Arkansas, (ZIP code 72758). It offers kindergarten through 6 and has 523 students enrolled. It has 25% more students than the average for elementary schools in Arkansas (about 418).
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY includes 2 schools. Together they enroll 945 students.
At ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY, 63% of students are White. After that, the student body is 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put Benton County at about 60% White, close to the school's figure. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY reported 38 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.8:1. Elementary schools in Arkansas average 16.0:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. There are 229 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 44% of enrollment.
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.3% is 2.8 points above the 43.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Benton County, median household income comes to about $93,506, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 88, with about 57,071 students.
BONNIE GRIMES ELEM. SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.6%, lower than ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY's 46.3%.
ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY is coded as City: Small in federal locale data. ARKANSAS ARTS ACADEMY ELEMENTARY is run as a public charter school.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 523, down from 567 in 2020-21.
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