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Enrollment
543
Elementary
DISTRICT 581 · STATE 418
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 051266001053
BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2199 SCOTTSDALE STREET, SPRINGDALE, AR 72765 · (479) 750-8760 · Washington County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL543 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Arkansas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Arkansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 16.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
502 students
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 70%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 61% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
ATLAS 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3+4)English Language Arts
24.1%
AR avg 34.9% . -0.1pp since 2023
Math
11.4%
AR avg 38.9% . -7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the ATLAS, Arkansas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 11 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Arkansas schools, those numbers are about 35 and 39. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
ATLAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 24.1% | 11.4% |
| 2023-24 | 24.2% | 18.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3+4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: ATLAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
18.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on AR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (18.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 543 | 92.4% | 18.3% |
| ELMDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 510 | 88.8% | 15.6% |
| LINDA CHILDERS KNAPP ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 607 | 89.0% | 21.5% |
| GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 676 | 87.9% | 22.2% |
| PARSON HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 517 | 95.4% | 14.2% |
| JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGDALE | 464 | 95.0% | 14.3% |
Matched among Arkansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Arkansas | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.3% | #400 of 461 | #31 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #444 of 465 ▼ 48 | #34 of 34 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #352 of 465 ▲ 11 | #28 of 34 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 543 | #117 of 531 | #15 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.5:1 | #406 of 480 | #25 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.5% | #249 of 480 | #25 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.4% | #152 of 513 | #4 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #129 of 311 | #9 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
543
+78 (+17%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 704
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 543 | 29.4 | 18.5:1 | 92% (502) |
| 2023-24 | 538 | 31.4 | 17.2:1 | 96% (515) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 27.8 | 18.8:1 | 88% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 465 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 88% (411) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 37.1 | 17.6:1 | 60% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 715 | 40 | 17.9:1 | 93% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 37 | 19.0:1 | 89% (628) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school in SPRINGDALE, Arkansas. The school enrolls 543 students in pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Arkansas enroll around 418, and this school is 30% above that mark.
SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 22,685 students in 29 schools, including BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The share of Hispanic students at BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 72%, a majority. Other students are 20% Pacific Islander and 6% White. That is higher than the 19% Hispanic share among all Washington County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
Its staff includes 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 18.5 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Arkansas, 16.0:1, is lower. BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 92%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Washington County is 58%.
BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 11% of Arkansas public elementary schools.
Compared with Arkansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 7.1 points below predicted: 18.3% against 25.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Washington County show that the median household earns about $70,639 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Washington County has 76 public schools with about 42,451 students, including BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HAAS HALL ACADEMY JONES CENTER sits about 1.3 miles from BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's student count rose 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 18.5:1, from 15.0:1.
The discussion board for BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
256,765
Census ACS
Median income
$70,639
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
42,451 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Other schools in SPRINGDALE
- HAR-BER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,271 students
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,207 students
- DON TYSON SCHOOL OF INNOVATIONCombined · 1,976 students
- HUNT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- CENTRAL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- HELLSTERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 849 students
Nearby schools
- HAAS HALL ACADEMY JONES CENTER1.3 mi · 164
- MONITOR ELEMENTARY1.3 mi · 586
- LISA ACADEMY SPRINGDALE1.8 mi · 450
- PARSON HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 517
- JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 464
- SPRINGDALE HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 2,207
Frequently asked questions
About BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 543 students in grades PK-05.
Is BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 72% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
BAYYARI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SPRINGDALE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.